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Jeremy Wensinger , a defense and government services industry executive who has been serving as chief operating officer of Peraton since 2017, will succeed Chuck Prow , CEO of V2X and a 10-time Wash100 Award recipient, as president and chief executive of the Virginia-headquartered company. The executive leadership transition will take effect on June 17 and is made nearly two years after V2X was formed with the merger of Vectrus with Vertex .
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a pair of contract modifications worth $553.4 million combined to build and deliver surface-to-surface rocket weapon systems to the U.S. Army and foreign military customers.
Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 9th Annual Army Summit on June 13. Register here to save your seat at the event and hear from Army officials about their most urgent priorities for 2024 and beyond.
The Department of Defense has unveiled a new framework to facilitate collaboration with U.S. allies and international defense industrial base partners to establish a distributed ecosystem of maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities. The Regional Sustainment Framework is aligned with the National Defense Strategy and the National Defense Industrial Strategy and has three primary goals to support the operations of the Joint and Combined Force in contested environments.
The House Armed Services Committee’s draft of the potential $849.8 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 includes $1 billion for the procurement of another Virginia-class submarine for the U.S. Navy and proposes to cut 10 F-35 fighter jets from the Department of Defense’s request of 68 fighter aircraft.
Join the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Air Force Summit on July 23 to hear important updates on cutting-edge technology adoption, modernization initiatives and more. Register here .
Quantic Electronics , an Arcline Investment Management company, has acquired M-Wave Design , a manufacturer of radio frequency and microwave components for aerospace, defense and quantum computing applications. Ross Sealfon , CEO of Quantic, said the M-Wave product portfolio complements the electronic component company's product line.
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Matt Garman , senior vice president of AWS sales, marketing and global services at Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), will succeed Adam Selipsky as CEO of Amazon Web Services , effective June 3. Garman’s career at the company included time serving as general manager for Amazon EC2 and vice president of AWS Compute Services.
EchoStar ’s subsidiaries,?Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile, will deliver?5G wireless services and devices to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies under a potential 10-year, $2.7 billion U.S. Navy contract.
Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Forum on May 22 to learn more about the essential role 5G plays in advancing edge computing, supporting CJADC2, building smarter cities and augmenting warfighter capabilities across multiple domains. Click?here to register.
Charles Onstott , senior vice president and chief technology officer at Calibre Systems , has been promoted to executive VP and corporate officer at the Alexandria, Virginia-based management consulting and digital transformation company. Onstott joined Calibre in May 2021 as SVP and CTO responsible for overseeing digital transformation efforts across the company.
U.S. Transportation Command has awarded 29 companies spots on a five-year, $710 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide commercial seaport operations and transportation services in locations outside the continental U.S. The contractors will help operate seaports located within one of the designated geographic regions assigned to several combatant commands.
SAIC — where Hilary Hageman is executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and board member — is the exec’s dream job. She shared some of that enthusiasm with GovCon Wire during a recent Spotlight interview, wherein she discussed what makes a good general counsel, why governance is important in AI implementation and more.
Join the Potomac Officers Club for our upcoming June 6 Cyber Summit to discover what the government needs to help protect its data and assets.