Paul McQuillan, a strategic partner at Battle Investment Group, was appointed as chief growth and strategy officer at Oceus Networks, a government telecommunication services provider that the private investment management firm acquired in 2020. The executive will use his more than three decades of experience in technology products and services to dr...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $157 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency update an integrated architecture that offers commanders a global view of the battlespace. The company said Tuesday it will perform Spiral 8.2-7 upgrade work on MDA’s Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications system to help Ground-B...
The U.S. Army has placed emphasis on readiness, end-strength and modernization requirements for the future battlefield to accommodate a $3.6 billion funding drop under the service branch’s $173 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022. “This budget puts people first, maintains force readiness and continues the irreversible modernization mo...
Spatial data company Matterport will start trading Friday on Nasdaq under the symbol “MTTR” after it completed its merger with special purpose acquisition company Gores Holdings VI (Nasdaq: GHVI). Sunnyvale, California-based Matterport said Thursday it has secured approximately $605 million in total cash as a result of the combination, including...
David Stagney, senior director at Pratt & Whitney, served as moderator for an expert panel discussion during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Air Force Acquisition Forum on July 8th. The following panelist discussed embracing digital transformation and agile development featuring Preston Dunlap of the Department of the Air and Space Forc...
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has acquired AlphaWave, an Austin, Texas-based cloud security technology startup, for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its portfolio of attack surface management platforms. “AlphaWave’s cloud-native foundation enables them to clearly understand the nuances of managing one’s attack surface across the cloud and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 21, 2021 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has invested in DDK Positioning in support of the Aberdeen, Scotland-based company’s efforts to expand its global precision positioning service offerings, ExecutiveBiz reported May 25. The investment builds on an existing partnership between the two companies through wh...
Veeam Software has launched a new subsidiary to offer software platforms meant to help federal government customers protect and manage data, workloads and mission-critical applications. Washington, D.C.-based Veeam Government Solutions has more than 1,200 government clients, including the Department of Defense, intelligence community and civilian ag...
Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology at the White House National Security Council and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, met with the National Association of Attorneys General on Thursday and outlined the four lines of effort of the Biden administration’s ransomware strategy. The White House said Friday the ...
Carol DiBattiste, formerly chief legal and compliance officer at Comscore, has been appointed general counsel and corporate secretary of Tysons, Virginia-based risk analytics provider QOMPLX. DiBattiste will report directly to QOMPLX CEO Jason Crabtree and her responsibilities encompass compliance, legal and people functions, the company said Thursd...
