James Reagan to Join Leidos as New EVP, CFO; Roger Krone Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 17, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — James Reagan has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer at Leidos, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Reagan, who replaces retiring Mark Sopp from July 6, joins Leidos after close to three years at Vencore, where he occupied the roles of senior vice president and CFO, Leidos said Monday. “Jim is an accomplished CFO and...
Navy Orders GA Arresting Gear, Aircraft Launchers for USS JFK
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 16, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Monday on the U.S. Navy picking General Atomics to provide an advanced arresting gear and electromagnetic aircraft launch system for the planned USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) aircraft carrier under a $737 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Friday it expects the contract to last through September...
Mac Curtis: Vencore Welcomes DoD Leadership, Experience in Robert Carey Appointment
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 15, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Friday on Robert Carey joining Vencore as its new vice president for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps programs. Carey previously held leadership roles at Computer Sciences Corp., the Pentagon, U.S. Army and Department of the Navy, and graduated from George Washington University with a master’s degree in engineering management,...
Orbital ATK Announces Scott Lehr Promotion to Flight Systems Group President
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 12, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Scott Lehr has been named flight systems group president at Orbital ATK, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. He will assume the post on July 1 and take over from Ron Gabe, who will stay on as a key advisor to the division, Orbital ATK said Thursday. Lehr was senior vice president to Gabe’s deputy since the ATK-Orbital Sciences merger in February...
Rick Wagner Joins ManTech Mission, Cyber & Intell Group; Bill Varner Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 11, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Wednesday on Rick Wagner, formerly chief strategy officer at TASC, being named senior vice president and general manager of ManTech International’s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group. "Rick has unique leadership experience in operations across multiple customer sets, including the IC," ManTech MCIS President Bill Varner said...
Huntington Ingalls Receives $4B Contracts for Navy's JFK Carrier
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 9, 2015 — The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries $4 billion in detail design and construction and labor contracts for the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) aircraft carrier, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur in Newport News, Virginia, through June 2022, and include all necessary research studies, engineering and...
CAE Tapped for Fixed-Wing Aircraft Training Work; Ray Duquette, Gene Colabatistto
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 8, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Friday on the U.S. Army picking CAE Systems to provide fixed-wing aircraft pilot training services under a contract worth $200 million. Work will occur through September 2023 in a proposed training center CAE will build at Dothan Regional Airport, including live and virtual simulations for a projected 600 U.S. Air Force and Army pilots a...
Fulcrum Secures Defense IC Basic Ordering Agreement
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 5, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on Fulcrum securing a contract to provide intelligence support services to the Defense Department under a basic ordering agreement worth $70 million. Fulcrum said Monday work under the BOA will include intelligence data center and data analysis tools development and sustainment, technical capability analysis assessment, intelligence...
Dean Bakeris Named Cybersecurity VP at ICF International
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 4, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Wednesday that ICF International has named 20-year systems engineering, program management and business development veteran Dean Bakeris as its vice president for cybersecurity. Bakeris joins ICF from BAE Systems, where he led the sales, marketing and cyber growth campaigns as director of business development, ICF said Tuesday. “Dean brings...
Peter Smith: American Systems Names Peter Whitfield to CFO Role
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 3, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Tuesday on American Systems announcing Peter Whitfield assuming the chief financial officer role following the retirement of long-time CFO Mark Danisewicz in July 2015. The company said Monday Whitfield, who joins American Systems from Shared Spectrum Company, has over three decades of experience in finance, accounting and leadership. “The...
Ed Sheehan: CTC Continues Work to Advance Space, Missile Defense Mission with New Task Orders
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 2, 2015 — ExecutiveBiz reported Monday on the U.S. Army awarding Concurrent Technologies Corp. $2.2 million in software engineering, programming and development task orders to support the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command. The new task orders bring the total contracts USASMDC/ARSTRAT has awarded to CTC since 2008 to $45...
Harris Completes $5B Exelis Buy
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 1, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Friday on Harris (NYSE: HRS) completing its acquisition of Exelis for $4.75 billion. Harris said Friday its shareholders own 85 percent and Exelis shareholders 15 percent of the combined firm. William M. Brown, chairman, president and CEO of Harris, said the transaction is “transformative” for his company and brings together "complementary...