PD Power Systems and Aviation Ground Equipment have won positions on a potential 10-year, $482 million contract to test and produce 72-kilowatt ground power units for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia is the contracting activity and received eight proposals for the indefinite-delivery/...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has expanded its federal market organization with the appointment of Terry Halvorsen and Mark Johnson as vice president of federal client development and VP of federal technology sales, respectively. Both executives will work to support IBM’s vision to facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud across the f...
Lauren Ayers, a federal and industry acquisition and procurement executive, has joined the Professional Services Council as vice president of defense and intelligence. She oversees PSC’s policy, education and advocacy efforts in support of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agencies. Ayers most recently worked at the Department o...
BAE Systems’ land and armaments business will manufacture an additional 30 amphibious combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps after the service branch exercised full-rate production contract options worth $153.7 million. The options are part of a modification that will also cover the costs of fielding and support services and will put the c...
Enlightenment Capital has purchased Agile Defense, a Reston, Virginia-based company focused on providing digital transformation and information technology platforms and services to the Department of Defense and other federal government customers. Agile Defense has been offering enterprise IT, DevSecOps, cloud migration support, compliance as a servi...
John Ustica’s career with Siemens spans over two decades — a tenure whose length he sees as a strategic benefit in the government contracting landscape today. His previous posts at the technology and manufacturing company cover a wide range of roles from financial leadership to manufacturing plant management as he has moved up the ranks. ...
The financial ecosystem of the government contracting landscape is constantly evolving and changing to address emerging mission needs, support new requirements and propel the nation forward in today’s era of global competition. Having been in GovCon finance for over two decades, Chris Cage is both uniquely familiar with and well-positio...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting market research to identify potential industry participants for a planned five-year, $249 million contract vehicle to carry out multiple construction projects within USACE’s Sacramento District area of responsibility. The Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract will support the constructio...
Kevin Chlan, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, has joined Anduril Industries as director of business development for mission systems integration, he announced in a LinkedIn post. Before transitioning to his civilian career, Chlan was with the office of the chief of naval operations, where he served as director of Next Generation Air Dominance requi...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Riverside Research have won contracts worth $79.2 million combined to provide research and development support for the U.S. Air Force. The contractors will research, build and demonstrate component prototypes to further develop open architecture approaches and standards for existing and future weapons systems of the Air Force...
