John Abbot, an executive with over three decades of experience, has joined Dataminr to serve as chief financial officer responsible for the artificial intelligence company’s accounting, finance, legal and facilities functions. Dataminr said Thursday Abbot previously worked as CFO of security and software company Datto, where he provided suppor...
The board of directors at Battelle has appointed Kirkland “Kirk” Donald, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran, to succeed John Welch as chairman. Welch, who has held the chairman role since 2012, will retire from the nonprofit applied science and technology development company after 21 years of service, Battelle said Tuesday. Donald has served as...
Matthew Edwards, a two-decade defense and intelligence market veteran, has been appointed vice president of Axient‘s Navy business segment and president of the company’s SEG subsidiary. He previously led businesses that provide products and services to government customers such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office...
The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals for a follow-on procurement of technical support services to model and simulate combat environments. The next Battlespace Modeling and Simulation contract will have an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity structure and is reserved for small business proposers, according to a solicitation notice posted Tuesday on...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) reported $26.5 million in service revenue for its U.S. government business during the third quarter of 2022, up 2.3 percent from the prior-year period of $25.9 million driven by a contractual step-up in the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services contract with the U.S. Space Force in September 2021. The McLean,...
Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed cybersecurity leader, has published his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program exploring the importance of linking integrated networks with robust communications as well as command and control on the battlefield in a multi-domain environment, which has been critical in the Ukraine’...
The Department of Energy has selected 20 companies that will receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds totaling $2.8 billion to grow the battery supply chain for the power grid, as well as electric vehicles and associated components. DOE said Wednesday the awards will support the establishment and expansion of commercial-grade domestic factories f...
Engineers say satellite companies seeking to link smartphones and other mobile devices on the ground could turn that target into a reality with cheaper rockets and advances in satellite technology but would need to invest billions of dollars to achieve that goal, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch said equ...
Carolyn Nash, former senior vice president and chief financial officer of Red Hat, has been promoted to the chief operating officer position and she will continue to report directly to President and CEO Matt Hicks. Nash was appointed to the CFO role earlier this year and led efforts to grow the software provider’s finance operation,...
ManTech Chief Operating Officer Matt Tait has been appointed to succeed Kevin Phillips as president and CEO, nearly three weeks after Carlyle completed its acquisition of the Herndon, Virginia-based contractor. Kevin Phillips, Chairman of ManTech Phillips, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, will lead ManTech’s post-acquisition board of direct...
