Former National Security Agency executive Lori Weatherwax has joined LexisNexis Special Services Inc., a government-focused subsidiary of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, to serve as director of business development enterprise solutions. Weatherwax brings to the role three decades of federal service experience in cybersecurity, data science and analytics,...
John Mayles, executive director of AM General‘s U.S. Defense Program Management Office since November 2021, has been elevated to vice president of the same office. His promotion, announced Monday in a LinkedIn post, came days after AM General won the U.S. Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle recompete contract worth potentially $8.66 bill...
Shane Sims, vice president of Army C5ISR programs at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) since October 2021, has transitioned to a new role as VP of SAIC’s logistics and supply chain unit. “I am always looking to grow professionally and understand new aspects of defense acquisition businesses and this new position helps...
Walsh Construction, DPR-RQ Construction, StructSure Projects, Gilbane Federal and JE Dunn Construction were tapped to provide the U.S. Army with construction services under a six-year, $900 million firm-fixed-price contract. The Department of Defense said Thursday the five contractors will compete for orders of integrated design-build initial outfit...
Valiant Integrated Services has secured a $67 million contract to help U.S. European Command facilitate joint service training events within the EUCOM and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility. The five-year contract will include non-personal work to assess military exercises and analyze lessons learned from the readiness efforts, Valiant said...
An affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds has agreed to buy ship repair services provider Titan Acquisition Holdings from Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG) and Stellex Capital Management for an undisclosed sum. The parties expect the transaction to conclude in 2023, pending government approvals and other customary closing conditions, and Titan CEO Jim ...
V2X (NYSE: VVX) will continue providing logistics support services at Fort Benning in Georgia under a $265 million contract modification awarded as part of the Enhanced Army Global Logistic Enterprise program. The U.S. Army obligated $16.3 million in fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance funds at the time of the award and expects work to be...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has secured a five-year, $481.6 million contract to help the U.S. Army maintain a signals intelligence and electronic warfare system for ground military vehicles. The GDMS unit will provide sustainment services for the Prophet Enhanced Detecting System as part of the cost-no-fee, cost-plus-...
Eric Chewning, a former senior official at the Department of Defense and partner at McKinsey & Company, has been appointed executive vice president of strategy and development at HII (NYSE: HII). The two-decade national security market veteran will be responsible for overseeing corporate strategy, identifying growth opportunities and managing cr...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and the military products division of Global Ordnance will compete for 155 millimeter ammunition orders from the U.S. Army under a shared contract worth potentially $522.3 million. Army Contracting Command received two bids for the firm-fixed-price procurement and delivery contract via the internet, the Department o...
