Mark Whitney, formerly chief operating officer of AECOM™s (NYSE: ACM) nuclear and environment strategic business unit, has been named general manager and executive vice president of the unit. He succeeds the retiring Todd Wright to oversee the segment™s daily operations, business development efforts and strategic initia...
MAG Aerospace has bought Lexington Park, Md.-based unmanned aviation system and program development services contractor Ausley Associates for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand work with the U.S. Navy. MAG said Friday it will absorb more than 200 logistics, program management and systems engineering professionals as part...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $208.3M contract to provide sensors designed to help F-15 pilots detect and track airborne threats. USAF will initially obligate $154.6M to procure Legion Pod infrared search-and-track pods through the contract that runs through Nov. 30, 2020, the Defense Department said Friday. The projec...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded 31 companies and organizations spots on a potential 10-year, $1.6B contract to help CMS develop and implement clinical quality measures designed to assess and manage the quality of health care services at national, facility and community levels. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the M...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2018 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has partnered with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to build a battery energy storage system that will work to reduce energy consumption and associated expenses at Fort Carson in Colorado, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The team will utilize Lockheed’s GridStar Lithium energy storag...
Michele Evans, deputy executive vice president for Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business area, has been promoted to EVP of the same business in a move that takes effect Oct. 1. She will succeed Orlando Carvalho, who will retire after a nearly four-decade career with Lockheed, the company said Wednesday. “M...
Progeny Systems has landed a potential four-year, $303.1M contract to produce MK54 Mod 1 lightweight torpedo kits and provide complementary test tools, spares and technical services for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The contract has a $40.6M base value and would reach its maximum potential value if all options are exercised, th...
Huntington Ingalls Industries™ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has promoted Jason Ward to vice president of Columbia-class submarine construction and named Dave Bolcar as VP for the Virginia-class submarine development program. Ward and Bolcar will directly report to Ken Mahler, VP of Navy programs at Newport News Shipbuilding, H...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 21, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled a prototype habitat structure that it has built for future NASA deep space missions as part of a research and development contract awarded in 2016, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday that the 22-foot-long cylindrical habitat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 21, 2018 ” A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has launched a program that aims to fund nonprofit organizations focused on community initiatives that support the Hampton Roads region in Virginia, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday Newport News Shipbuilding‘s new philanthro...
