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Christopher Kastner, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), has been promoted to serve as chief operating officer. Kastner will be succeeded by Thomas Stiehle, current CFO for HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, as finance chief of the company. Both appointments are effective Feb. 12.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has landed a five-year, $70M contract to help NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center integrate sensor technology onto unmanned aircraft. The company will perform engineering, production and technical services under the Global Hawk Skyrange program aimed at demonstrating an alternative approach to collect data with the high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft, the agency said Wednesday.

Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) federal information technology and mission support services business for approximately $3.4B in cash. The transaction is expected to conclude in the first half of 2021 and Veritas said Monday it expects to merge the Northrop federal IT business with its portfolio company Peraton upon the deal’s closing, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a 10-year, $185.7M contract to extend the provision of engineering services for the U.S. Air Force's A-10 aircraft fleet.

The U.S. Air Force intends to award a potential 10-year, sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to provide sustainment support services for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft.

Tom Jones, sector vice president and general manager of airborne sensors and networks division at Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) mission systems sector, has been elected by the board of directors to serve as corporate VP and president of the company’s aeronautics systems business, effective Jan. 1.

Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman, accepted her fifth Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic on Tuesday. Warden’s leadership and vision to drive the company’s growth, secure major contracts with federal agencies and help advance technology for the U.S. military.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential $135M contract to rebuild the inertial navigation component of an air-launched cruise missile system for the U.S. Air Force.

Michael Mestrovich, principal deputy chief information officer for the State Department, delivered his keynote address during Potomac Officers Club’s Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment Virtual Event on Wednesday, August 26th. If you missed the event, you can still register to watch the footage in Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), with his first Wash100 Award on Monday. Executive Mosaic recognized Twyman for driving growth for the company, acquiring Nuvotronics and pushing Cubic’s technical services to help the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).