Leidos has appointed IT industry leader Tim Gilday as vice president of enterprise digital experience practice and human resources executive Tracee Sanders as VP of HR. Gilday and Sanders announced their appointments in separate LinkedIn posts published Tuesday. Tim Gilday Prior to Leidos, he was emerging technology senior director at General Dynami...
Jordan Burris, former head of public sector strategy at Socure, has been elevated to vice president and general manager of public sector solutions at the artificial intelligence company. In his new role, Burris will oversee Socure’s team that collaborates with agencies to expedite taxpayer fraud losses and enlist inclusive access to gover...
Kyle Hopeck of Tanium and Dan Reed of GovPlace said government agencies that are implementing a zero trust architecture to protect their networks from cyberattacks need a unified platform that could provide visibility into the security posture of their endpoints. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Hopeck and Reed wrote that tools like Tanium&...
Redwire (NYSE: RDW) has agreed to acquire spacecraft developer Hera Systems in an effort to expand the global space infrastructure and innovation company’s national security mission capabilities and offerings. Hera Systems‘ advanced platform is expected to strengthen the spacecraft portfolio of Redwire, the Jacksonville, Florida-based co...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
Erik Ekwurzel, a former Dun & Bradstreet senior executive, has joined Slingshot Aerospace as chief data and information officer, according to his LinkedIn announcement. He has over 23 years of experience at D&B, where he most recently served as senior vice president and chief technology officer for public sector. Ekwurzel’s two-decade ...
Data Link Solutions, a joint venture between BAE Systems and RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary Collins Aerospace, has received a potential five-year, $999 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce, retrofit and sustain Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems terminals. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity co...
Robert Cursio, formerly CEO of consulting firm Logstrateco, has been appointed subsidiary president of Wolf Creek Federal Services and Chugach Federal Services, the two wholly owned subsidiaries of Chugach Government Solutions. Cursio said in a statement Wednesday, “My focus will be on creating opportunities and capabilities that reinforce our c...
Danielle Smith, former vice president of application solutions at BAE Systems, was named the interim VP and BTO of space and mission systems at the U.S. business arm of the British defense contractor, according to her LinkedIn announcement. “In this role, I will lead all [information technology] integration work for the recently acquired Ball ...
When Steve Karp stepped into the role of chief innovation officer for government contractor-focused software company Unanet, he did so knowing that a big part of the job would be continuing to push the envelope to give GovCons more of the intelligent tools they need to deliver superior project outcomes and, ultimately, grow their businesses...
