Stu Shea, president, CEO and chairman of Peraton and a 2021 Wash100 winner, said he believes adding Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) information technology services business and Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) would better position Peraton in the federal IT services market, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “Where Peraton will land is, we wi...
The White House is considering forming a task force to address a cyber attack on on-premise Microsoft Exchange Servers launched by a group of threat actors operating from China, CNN reported Sunday. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) issued security updates after it found that a state-sponsored threat actor from China, called Hafnium, was targeting defense co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 8, 2021 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has extended a partnership with information technology company NEC to continue using the latter’s System Invariant Analysis Technology to identify potential anomalies during spacecraft development and satellite ground support operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed sa...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for advancing technology solutions, securing valuable contracts and partnering with industry and federal leaders to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks Goodman’s fourth consecutive W...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has acquired Canada-based satellite ground equipment provider UHP Networks in a deal that includes $24 million worth of shares as an upfront payment. As part of the agreement, Comtech will pay an additional $5 million in cash and/or stock contingent on fulfillment of certain conditions over the next 12 month...
Lelah Manz, senior vice president for web performance at Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM), said edge computing complements cloud-based centralization that could help government agencies manage security risks and mitigate inefficiencies. “Processing data locally at edge nodes can eliminate latency bottlenecks and open up opportunities to capitali...
The U.S. Navy has launched a solicitation for an Office of Naval Research program aimed at developing and demonstrating a new air-breathing test model for hypersonic anti-ship missiles. The Screaming Arrow initiative is seeking a controlled test vehicle to showcase air-breathing characteristics of hypersonic missile technology that could operate wit...
Since its inception in 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA) has continually worked to develop and modernize architecture concepts, systems designs, innovative technologies and emerging capabilities to enable leaders across the space domain to leverage next-generation space capabilities that increase warfighters’ lethality, maneuverability and ...
Woolpert has bought CivilTech Engineering for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at complementing the firms’ technology and service offerings to help government clients engineer infrastructure projects. Woolpert said Wednesday the move will grow its geospatial footprint in Texas and expand engineering opportunities to address the state’s flo...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, is pleased to name Dave Levy, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ (AWS) federal business, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for continuing focus on cloud efforts, cyber and driving the...
