Boeing (NYSE: BA) has announced senior leadership and organizational changes, effective May 1. The company said Tuesday the changes are part of efforts to streamline senior leadership responsibilities, advance cross-company integration, align enterprise services to today’s business conditions and prepare for the post-pandemic industry environment....
Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said DoD expects to see contract delays of up to three months across Major Defense Acquisition Programs as contractors deal with challenges in the supply chain due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported M...
Germany plans to buy 45 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) fighter jets as part of the country's military aircraft modernization efforts, Bloomberg reported Sunday....
The U.S. Air Force is expected to award a contract for the potential $85B Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile program to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) by the end of September but Will Roper, the service’s acquisition executive and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the contract award could occur sooner than expected, De...
Ann Ackerson, a more than three-decade supply chain management and procurement professional, will assume the role of global chief procurement officer at BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary on May 4....
The U.S. Navy has selected 25 companies for a potential 11-year, $7.14B contract to perform full-rate production of aircraft components and aviation systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division....
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received an $84M contract modification to create technical publications about the VC-25B presidential aircraft, or Air Force One. The company and its subcontractors will provide integrated manuals for the aircraft system as part of the sole-source award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday....
The State Department has approved India’s request to buy AGM-84L Harpoon Block II air-launched missiles, MK 54 lightweight torpedoes and related equipment under two foreign military sales agreements worth $155M combined....
Katie Arrington Offers Updates on Pentagon’s CMMC Program Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for acquisition with DoD and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, elaborated to Government Matters during an interview about the creation of standards that third-party assessment organizations will use to evaluate and certify contractors unde...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $84.7M contract modification to build three test articles of the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft....
