This week in leadership appointments from the airplane giants & 2 emerging tech firms

This week saw the two largest aerospace companies in the world and another pair of emerging technology firms announce appointments to their senior leadership teams, including a promotion to the top from within.

How Vertex Aerospace has charted its next path

Vertex Aerospace has at various points been a standalone company, a business unit within another large defense market player, and more recently back to being a standalone company. Its CEO explains to us what is next for Vertex after the acquisition of a large Raytheon services businesses.

8(a) firm enters the acquisition game

Strategic Innovation Group is just a year old and has already completed its first acquisition, a rarity for an 8(a) small business.

Newly-minted public space company Rocket Lab acquires software firm

In the wake of its public listing, launch service provider Rocket Lab closes an acquisition focused on the software aspects of space systems.

Former DynCorp, Sparton owner acquires government IT firm

The private equity firm whose most recent high-profile exits include DynCorp International and Sparton Corp. acquires a contractor focused on enterprise IT and telecommunications services for agencies.

SAIC hires new intelligence business leader

Science Applications International Corp.'s latest executive hire is of a new senior vice president for its national intelligence community business unit.

Is Leidos just scratching the surface of its potential market share?

Speaking of Leidos as the largest government technology and services company is true. But its latest in-depth outlook for investors to consider also has numbers that show how much more market share they have confidence in grabbing some of.

Peraton adds former Leidos exec to help lead intelligence business

Peraton hires a two-decade Leidos veteran as vice president and general manager for the intelligence mission solutions business unit.

Lockheed's space business leader to retire

The head of Lockheed Martin’s nearly $11 billion space segment is retiring from the company after nearly two decades there.

Sigma Defense elevates new CEO

Sigma Defense Systems promotes its former president to CEO nearly nine months after the company’s acquisition by private equity firm Sagewind Capital.

Pragmatics continues support for legal battle with Iran

Pragmatics will continue to provide litigation support to the Navy and State Department as a multiple-decade legal fight with Iran grinds on.

Amentum books $1.3B CBP aircraft maintenance contract

After multiple awards and rounds of protests, Amentum can now tout itself as the winner of and start to work on a nearly $1.3 billion aircraft maintenance contract with the Customs and Border Protection agency.

Arlington Capital creates new middle tier player

Arlington Capital Partners is combining its MCR portfolio company with another government services firm to unveil a new middle tier player in the market.

Booz Allen stakes its future on convergence of speed, tech and talent

Booz Allen Hamilton has given investors a new acronym, "VoLT," to show where the government technology and services firm wants to go and how its new plan builds on the foundation laid by its success with its Vision 2020 strategy.

Palantir captures another Army battlefield intell system award

Palantir Technologies is moving on to the next phase of developing the Army's Distributed Common Ground System, the service's primary battlefield intelligence system.

Maryland intelligence provider expands Virginia footprint with acquisition

MasterPeace Solutions makes an acquisition to expand its offerings and get more of a foothold on the other side of the Potomac River.

Mercury adds former Raytheon exec as growth chief

Mercury Systems appoints a 16-year defense market veteran and former Raytheon executive as chief growth officer.

Valiant hires new growth chief & realigns

Valiant Integrated Services hires a former Peraton executive as chief growth officer and names two new business unit leaders amid a reorganization.

AI firm hires DIA vet as federal CTO

Artificial intelligence and data software firm Accrete brings in a former Defense Intelligence Agency executive to be the new federal chief technology officer.

Peraton claims $2.7B DHS cloud migration win

Thanks to its Perspecta acquisition, Peraton can tout itself as the winner of a much-anticipated $2.7 billion cloud computing migration contract with the Homeland Security Department.