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Christopher Kubasik, most recently vice chair, president and chief operating officer of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, has succeeded William Brown as CEO of the Melbourne, Florida-based aerospace and defense contractor as part of the L3 Technologies-Harris merger agreement announced in October 2018. William Brown, Executive Chair of the Board,

The Professional Services Council has asked the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center to give the industry more time to submit proposals for a potential 10-year, $50 billion follow-on contract for IT platforms and services, and to provide more details about the governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle. PSC said Tuesday it informed

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will perform replacement-in-kind services for three Seahawk multimission naval helicopters under a $129 million contract modification awarded by the U.S. Navy. The branch will obligate the full amount of the modification to increase the scope for the company’s MH-60R production and delivery work under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract, the Department

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the meetings of President Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, reported that Ghani respects

Thales Group has agreed to acquire a Moog business unit that manufactures radio beacons, antennas and other ground-based navigational aids intended for military and civilian use. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and Thales said Tuesday it aims to offer a comprehensive navigation technology product and maintenance service through the acquisition. Headquartered in

David Streett, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Valkyrie Enterprises, has been promoted to the roles of president and COO at the Virginia Beach, Virginia-based military support contractor. Valkyrie credited Streett with helping integrate four acquired businesses into the company and grow its workforce to more than 700 employees since he joined the

Michael Jensen, a two-decade U.S. Air Force special tactics veteran, has been named as chief strategy officer of Shreveport, Louisiana-based aircraft manufacturer SkyRunner. The retired USAF lieutenant colonel will be responsible for overseeing strategic partnerships as part of SkyRunner’s global defense strategy and optimizing the warfighting configuration of its special light-sport aircraft platform, the company

Milford McGuirt, formerly a managing partner of KPMG, has been appointed to the board of directors at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) in a move slated to take effect Thursday. He will serve on the audit and nominating and corporate governance committees of SAIC, the company said Tuesday. McGuirt has more than four decades

An ASRC Construction subsidiary has won a $133 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to pave road and airfield surfaces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. ASRC Earthworks beat five other proposers to the paving project via an Alaska District 8(a) business development program set-aside competition, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The Air

The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies six-year contracts worth $72.6 million combined to provide lifecycle, modernization and in-service engineering support for the service’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile destroyers. The Naval Sea Warfare Center Philadelphia Division launched a competitive procurement process and received eight offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.