F5 Networks will relocate from a corporate building at Elliott Avenue West to a 516,000-square-foot office space in downtown Seattle in early 2019. The company said Wednesday the new leased space at 801 Fifth Avenue will be called F5 Tower and was selected after the firm evaluated the location against several criteria such as its proximity to […] More

Matthew Schmitz, formerly a vice president at Huntsville, Alabama-based engineering and program management services provider Intrepid, has been named VP of the technical services business at Dynetics. Dynetics said April 10 Schmitz will oversee the unit’s business development strategy and enterprise growth initiatives in his new position. Schmitz has almost 20 years of business development and operations management experience at multiple […] More

Beechcraft Defense Company has been selected to manufacture military training aircraft for the U.K. defense ministry under a contract with Affinity Flying Training Services. The Textron subsidiary will produce 10 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft to replace the Shorts Tucano T1 aircraft under the U.K. MoD’s military flying training system program, Textron said Wednesday. The aircraft […] More

Fluor Corp. will aid in regional forward planning support work done by U.S. Africa Command and Southern Command after the U.S. Army realigned the structure of a potential 10-year contract vehicle for logistics work worldwide. The Army will organize work under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV vehicle on a regional basis aligned by the military’s six geographic combatant commands, Fluor said […] More

A new TechNavio report has projected the military infrastructure and logistics market in the U.S. to hit a compound annual growth rate of 2.08 percent from 2014 through 2019. The report notes a growing market trend in modern logistic systems, TechNavio said March 11. The market analyst added that the military’s focus on modernization programs would drive the […] More

Dave Swindle serves as executive vice president of international and special programs at URS‘ federal services division. In this role, he serves as URS’s executive for coordinating international operations and new international business development with line responsibility for contracts with the U.K. defense ministry of and international organizations that include but not limited to the […] More

Greg Barsby, formerly head of KBR‘s defense and government services business in the Asia-Pacific region, has joined QinetiQ as managing director of its Australian segment and successor to Alan Woolford, who will return to the U.K. QinetiQ said Monday Barsby will begin work for his new role in October and will be based at the company’s office in Canberra. “He brings a background in defence, […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More