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Executive Spotlight: Eugene Chang, Chief Strategy Officer of QinetiQ US, Discusses Tech Priorities & Strategic Expansion Goals
Executive Spotlights

Executive Spotlight: Eugene Chang, Chief Strategy Officer of QinetiQ US, Discusses Tech Priorities & Strategic Expansion Goals

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,
Former Northrop, Akima Exec Robert Huebner Joins ASRC Federal as Business Development VP
Executive Moves

Former Northrop, Akima Exec Robert Huebner Joins ASRC Federal as Business Development VP

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, CEO Paul Dillahay Receives 4th Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
News

Empower AI President, CEO Paul Dillahay Receives 4th Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

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
Collins Aerospace Gets $583M Army MAPS Gen II PNT System Production Contract
Contract Awards

Collins Aerospace Gets $583M Army MAPS Gen II PNT System Production Contract

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 Named MD Helicopters President, CEO
Executive Moves

Brad Pedersen Named MD Helicopters President, CEO

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:
AM General Lands $527M Award to Produce Army Contact Maintenance Trucks
Contract Awards

AM General Lands $527M Award to Produce Army Contact Maintenance Trucks

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
General Dynamics Vet Carlo Zaffanella Appointed Ultra Maritime President, CEO
Executive Moves

General Dynamics Vet Carlo Zaffanella Appointed Ultra Maritime President, CEO

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
Q&A With LMI’s Intelligence Market SVP Marion Kennedy Highlights Software Prototyping Efforts to Support IC Customers
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Q&A With LMI’s Intelligence Market SVP Marion Kennedy Highlights Software Prototyping Efforts to Support IC Customers

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 Receives $183M USAF Contract to Supply Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors
Contract Awards

Raytheon Receives $183M USAF Contract to Supply Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors

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
John Serafini: HawkEye 360 Mulls Pre-IPO Funding Round
Industry News

John Serafini: HawkEye 360 Mulls Pre-IPO Funding Round

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
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