TYSONS CORNER, VA, JANUARY 4, 2017 – The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — will be hosting its third Defense Research and Development Summit on January 31st at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner. Given the rapid pace at which technology advances in the private sector, the Department of …
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Weekly Roundup October 16 – October 20 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson’s remarks from Potomac Officers Club Space Summit Air Force taps Orbital ATK for rocket motor tech IDIQ contract Pratt & Whitney lands potential $2.7B Air …
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Weekly Roundup August 07 – August 11 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson At the tail-end of May the Department of Defense released its FY 2018 budget request, while the Comptroller of the Department of Defense published the Defense Budget Overview, …
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Weekly Roundup July 31 – August 04 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two months there have been a considerable number of female executive moves in the GovCon industry. These changes in leadership will stand to have a lasting …
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Weekly Roundup July 17 – July 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Several executive moves this summer look to make a significant splash across the GovCon community. Last Friday, Battelle’s Board of Directors announced that Lewis “Lou” Von Thaer had been selected …
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Weekly Roundup June 26 – June 30 2017 A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we saw the unveiling of the House Armed Services Committee’s $696.5 billion defense authorization bill. The draft, titled 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was revealed on the 26th and asks for …
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Lisa Atherton, formerly executive vice president of military business at Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary, has been appointed president and CEO of Textron Systems. She replaces Ellen Lord, who will be nominated by President Donald Trump as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, Textron said Wednesday. “Lisa …
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Brian Sinkiewicz, formerly vice president for precision weapons at Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) systems segment, has been promoted to senior VP and general manager of weapon and sensor systems for the segment. Textron said Tuesday Sinkiewicz will also serve in the executive leadership team and report directly to Ellen Lord, president and CEO of Textron …
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Daryl Madden, formerly vice president of advanced systems at Textron Systems, has been promoted to senior VP and general manager of the Textron (NYSE: TXT) subsidiary’s geospatial solutions business. Madden will report to Textron Systems CEO Ellen Lord and oversee the business’ strategic growth initiatives, product development and implementation of customer …
Read More »Textron (NYSE: TXT) has promoted Ellen Lord, senior vice president and general manager of the defense systems unit, to succeed the retiring Fred Strader as president and CEO of the systems segment. The company said she will report to Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly. Donnelly credited Strader with leading …
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