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Paul Cormier, formerly president of products and technologies at Red Hat, has been named president and CEO of the open source software provider. He succeeds Jim Whitehurst, who transitioned to new roles as chairman of Red Hat and president of its parent company, IBM (NYSE: IBM).

Susan Gordon, former principal deputy director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has joined the board of directors at CACI International (NYSE: CACI). She brings three decades of intelligence community experience as the company aims to grow technology and service offerings for the IC sector in the cyber, artificial intelligence and space areas, CACI said Monday.

Eight companies have won spots on a potential 11-year, $6.4B contract to support the U.S. Air Force's contingency  and humanitarian operations around the world.

Jenny Berarducci, regional vice president of customer success at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said a cloud-based tool provides government agencies the capability to improve the customer experience and earn the public’s trust, which is key to any mission. Berarducci wrote about the need for agencies to implement a flexible technology that could enable them to meet current and future needs.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential five-year, $90.3M contract from the U.S. Navy to update the Office of Naval Intelligence's Measurement and Signature Intelligence Enterprise for Global Acoustic Intelligence platform.

AEgis Technologies Group, a national security and engineering services contractor, has acquired mission-enabling technology developer Excivity for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its intelligence and cyber capabilities.

Eric Chewning, a former official at the Department of Defense, has returned to management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. as a partner, Defense News reported Monday.

The Government Accountability Office has dismissed General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) protest of the Defense Information Systems Agency's award of a potential $6.52B contract to Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) for Department of Defense Information Network support services, FedScoop reported Friday.

The U.S. Navy has released a draft solicitation for a contracting opportunity for the development of a medium unmanned underwater vehicle to help the branch locate naval mines and collect oceanographic data,  Inside Defense reported Friday.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will inform companies next month about a contract bidding opportunity to analyze changes on target military bases using data sources such as satellite imagery, airborne sensors and geolocation technology, Breaking Defense reported Friday.