Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential 10-year, $5.70B contract to help the U.S. Air Force address combat capability requirements for the KC-46 Pegasus tanker. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers a range of post-production air vehicle requirements directed by KC-46 operators and mandated by the Federal Aviation Administra...
Robert Lightfoot, former acting administrator of NASA, has been appointed vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) space segment in a move that will take effect May 6. He will oversee new business strategy, technology concepts and strategic planning activities for the space business area, which covers...
Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) defense business has named three executives to vice president roles to oversee digital product innovation, growth efforts and revenue streams. Mark Schmaltz, a business and program management executive, has joined Cubic as VP and general manager of the newly created synthetic and digital solutions business line, the company...
Valerie Baldwin, formerly vice president of legislative affairs for Army and Special Operations Forces programs at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been named senior VP of government affairs at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). Baldwin will represent Leidos on Capitol Hill to help advocate for government health research, patient care and other programs considere...
Brad Cole, formerly managing director at Accenture™s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has been named chief growth officer at McLean, Va.-based technology and management consulting services provider Strategic Enterprise Solutions. John Wayne, president and chief operating officer of SE Solutions, said in a statement published Monday Cole b...
Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems business secured a potential $201.7M contract to provide engineering services to the U.S. Navy. The sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a face value of $26.9M and will reach its potential value if the service branch exercises all options, the Department of Defense said Friday. T...
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will continue to provide engineering, research and development support services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under a potential $100M contract modification. The Department of Defense said Friday the modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2019 ” Tony Frazier, most recently president of Maxar Technologies’ (NYSE: MAXR) Radiant Solutions company, took a new role as head of Maxar’s global field operations earlier this month after the merger of Radiant with sister firms SSL and DigitalGlobe, ExecutiveBiz reported April 10. Maxar CEO Dan Jablo...
Stephanie Bidstrup, principal of the digital health practice at Booz Allen Hamilton™s (NYSE: BAH) civilian government unit, has been promoted to vice president of the company, FedHealthIT reported Thursday. In her new capacity, Bidstrup will oversee the development of information technology, telehealth and virtual care offerings for U.S. milita...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory received a $2.03B contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop technology platforms for the Department of Defense. The modification brings the total value of a previously awarded contract to $9.6B and covers long-term tech R&D, rapid prototyping and demonstrati...
