Derrick Pledger, vice president and director of the Digital Modernization Accelerator at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said establishing deep strategic partnerships with other companies could help facilitate the development of new capabilities and platforms that could help address mission challenges facing federal agencies. Pledger wrote that there are three...
Mark Esper, former defense secretary and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed a partner and chairman of the national security practice at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. He will be responsible for overseeing investment and business development activities across defense, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and international affairs se...
Dan Voce, senior vice president for enterprise cyber and solutions at Leidos, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He discussed digital modernization in defense, civil and health markets, the company’s recent growth initiatives and the impact of M&A activities to Leidos portfolio and tec...
Chris Pehrson, formerly an executive at General Atomics, has been appointed chief growth officer of defense technology company Parry Labs. He will be responsible for driving growth initiatives through business capture, program growth and strategic planning efforts in his new position, Parry Labs said Monday. Parry Labs CEO John Parkes said Pehrson�...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and M.C. Dean have won spots on a potential eight-year, $91 million contract to provide base defense security systems to the U.S. European Command. The Air Force Installation Contracting Command received three offers for the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which gives EUCOM access to e...
Byron Bright, president of government solutions at KBR and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. He talked about the key factors that led to a 27 percent year-over-year growth for KBR in fiscal year 2021 and the initiatives to capitalize on that success....
Louisiana-based shipyard operator Bollinger will build a mine countermeasures unmanned surface vehicle for the U.S. Navy under a potential five-year, $122.9 million contract. Naval Sea Systems Command received three bids through the SAM website for the firm-fixed-price contract, which has an initial value of $13.7 million and includes options that w...
Caelum Research has won a potential five-year, $201.1 million contract to perform data collection work for the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received five bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation process and estimated services will conclude on April 14, 2027, the Department of Defense said Friday. The award come...
The U.S. Army has awarded 26 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $869 million contract to provide research, development and engineering support services to the service branch. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive fee contract also covers test and evaluation, support for biological and chemical demilitarization operations and acquisition...
William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper and a former Air Force acquisition chief, received Senate confirmation to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, the Air Force Magazine reported Thursday. During his Senate confirmation hearing in late March, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U...
