Reginald Brothers, formerly a principal at The Chertoff Group, has been appointed as executive vice president and chief technology officer of Peraton in a move slated to take effect Feb. 19. Peraton said Tuesday Brothers will oversee the Herndon, Virginia-based contractor’s business development, mergers and acquisitions, strateg...
Matt Vaughan, formerly senior vice president within Leidos™ (NYSE: LDOS) health business, has been named president of the contract research organization at Battelle. He succeeds Steve Kelly, who retired Jan. 2 after a 25-year career at the Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit research and development company, Battelle said Tuesday. œMatt br...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a potential $641.8 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency test multiple radar platforms for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Defense Department said Friday Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will analyze, execute and plan test activities for sensor systems designed to ev...
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential five-year, $933.7 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical services to the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Friday APL will perform the services to support MDA’s efforts to build systems designed to protec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has unveiled a prototype electric unmanned aerial vehicle that it aims to use as a testbed for the development of autonomous and electric propulsion technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the vertical-takeoff-and-landing multicopter UAV will serve a...
Gus Bontzos, formerly vice president and general manager of Peraton™s former advanced solutions organization, has been appointed president of the Herndon, Virginia-based company™s defense and electronic warfare sector. The defense and electronic warfare is one of the two newly established sectors that will serve as Peraton™s rese...
Carol Pottenger, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former senior U.S. flag officer at NATO, has joined the board of directors at Serco Inc., the British contractor’s Americas region subsidiary. Her 36-year military career has included roles such as division officer, department head, executive officer and commanding officer aboard comba...
HX5 has received a potential seven-year, $376.8 million contract to provide engineering, research and scientific support services to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center. NASA said Thursday the Glenn Engineering and Research Support contract has a two-year base period slated to commence April 1, followed by a two-year option, another on...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2018 ” Several Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) employees are set to receive recognition at the 32nd annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards conference from Feb. 8 to 10 for their work in technology development, mentoring as well as sales and marketing, GovCon Executive reported Jan. 4. The company said Jan....
Kito Mussa, formerly interim chief financial officer at WidePoint (NYSE: WYY), has been named executive vice president and CFO at the McLean, Virginia-based managed mobility services provider. WidePoint CEO Jin Kang said in a statement published Wednesday Mussa™s experience and insights will help build up the company™s internal controls, f...
