GovConWire's Government Contracting News 9/12/2022

QinetiQ was established in the United Kingdom in 2001 when the Ministry of Defence split its Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into two organizations. The smaller of the two organizations stayed in the public sector and evolved into Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, while the larger of the two was privatized and became QinetiQ. Now,

Robert “Bob” Huebner, a former executive at Akima and a nearly 15-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined ASRC Federal‘s defense and intel operating group as vice president of business development. He will be responsible for overseeing BD and strategic capture teams and expanding the company’s presence in the GovCon market, ASRC Federal

Empower AI President and CEO Paul Dillahay recently received his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), in recognition of his leadership to drive the company’s major contract wins, adoption of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies as well as create new partnerships with the academe. Executive Mosaic is pleased to present

Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential five-year, $583 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce the latest generation of positioning, navigation and timing system for the service’s uncrewed and manned ground vehicles. The Army awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract after the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System Gen II

Brad Pedersen, a more than 35-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been named president and CEO of MD Helicopters following the acquisition of the company by an investment consortium led by MBIA Insurance and MB Global Partners. He brings to the role decades of leadership experience at aerospace and defense companies, including Boeing’s (NYSE:

The U.S. Army has awarded AM General a potential $527.4 million contract to manufacture contact maintenance trucks for the service branch and foreign military sales customers. Army Contracting Command issued the award on a sole-source basis and expects the company to finish work by March 9, 2028, the Department of Defense said Friday. According to

Carlo Zaffanella, a former General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) executive, has been named president and CEO of the maritime division at Ultra Electronics, according to his LinkedIn post published Sunday. He joins Ultra Maritime from General Dynamics’ mission systems business where he most recently oversaw its maritime and strategic systems portfolio. Prior to that role, Zaffanella

In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Marion Kennedy, senior vice president of intelligence market at LMI, to talk about the company’s efforts to prototype software offerings to help intelligence community customers address challenges. The Q&A also tackled driving digital transformation to stay ahead of innovation in the federal landscape and LMI’s initiatives

Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business has secured a five-year, $184 million contract to supply Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System-2B sensors and supplementary equipment to the U.S. Air Force. The branch is obligating $63.6 million at the time of award from its fiscal 2021 and 2022 procurement funds, the Department of Defense said

HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini said the company is considering pursuing a new funding round and possibly an initial public offering in the next two years, SpaceNews reported Friday. “As we contemplate our next round, I think we will continue to look for private sources of capital, particularly for perhaps a pre IPO round, in