Steve Orrin, chief technology officer and senior principal engineer at Intel Federal, published the second part of his first featured article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Wednesday. GovCon Expert Steve Orrin provides an insightful look into the current cybersecurity space as federal agencies work to address the chal...
On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. In the year since the executive order’s release, the federal government has implemented a host of cybersecurity initiatives, standards and policy measures to protect agencies and their industry partners against the increasing threat of cyber ...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) saw its fiscal 2022 first-quarter sales rise 3 percent to $15.7 billion and reported $1.15 in adjusted earnings per share for the quarter, reflecting a 28 percent increase from the prior-year period. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based aerospace and defense contractor said Tuesday it logged a total backlog of $154 bill...
Meghan Good, vice president and director of the Cyber Accelerator at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said government agencies looking to counter cyberattacks should continuously validate activities in their information technology environments through zero trust implementation and look for industry partners that could help accelerate their adoption of the secur...
Michael Polmar, a business development executive with over three decades of experience, has joined B&A as chief growth officer responsible for leading the information technology systems integrator’s strategic growth initiatives. B&A said Tuesday Polmar previously worked at the former Vencore company, ManTech International (Nasdaq:...
Craig Martell, former head of machine learning at Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), has been named chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. He will oversee efforts to advance the adoption of data, AI, analytics and digital platforms to provide warfighters decision advantage on the battlefield, DOD said Monday. “With Craig...
The Defense Logistics Agency has asked industry for information on weapons systems and other commercial capabilities as the Pentagon works to meet Ukraine’s requests for security assistance amid Russian invasion. The Department of Defense is looking at options to build up additional capacity and speed up the production of weapons systems and other...
William Manel, former capture manager at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Peraton to serve as opportunity strategy director, FedHealthIT reported Friday. Manel wrote in a LinkedIn post that he will be responsible for helping drive the latter’s cross-company innovation, teamwork and collaboration efforts. The Certified Agile Professional-Scrum M...
Kevin O’Connell, former director in the Office of Space Commerce, has joined the advisory board of digital platform provider Copernic Space, SpaceNews reported Friday. He will provide advice to the Copernic Space leadership on sector matters as the company aims to standardize an electronic interface for investors and customers to trade space-r...
Jean-Francois (Boodi) Blanc, partner and chief strategy officer for SDV International, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding his motivations for joining the company back in March as well as his strategic goals for the rest of 2022 and beyond. In addition, Blanc also discussed the core values of SDV International’s company culture and a brea...
