Dr. Steven Walker, director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was presented with a Wash100 award at the Defense Research and Development Summit hosted by the Potomac Officers Club on January 31st. The Wash100 ” Executive Mosaic™s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena. Dr. Walker was...
Over 200 industry professionals were attendance on Wednesday as the Potomac Officers Club convened at the Defense Research and Development Summit to discuss the programs that those in the intelligence community know that they cannot talk about without a clearance. Given the rapid pace that technology advances in the private sector, the Department of...
On Assignment (NYSE: ASGN) has agreed to purchase Fairfax, Virginia-based technology and engineering firm ECS Federal for $775 million from majority owner Roy Kapani and investment company Lindsay Goldberg. ECS and its current leadership team will continue to operate under its brand name as a division of On Assignment, the information technology and...
Jeff Shockey, formerly vice president of federal and international affairs at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been appointed VP of global sales and marketing at the company’s defense, space and security segment. He succeeds Tom Bell, who left the Boeing after more than two years leading the segment’s sales and marketing efforts worldwide,&nb...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has received a potential $133 million contract to support the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command in counterintelligence and counterterrorism efforts. The company said Tuesday it will deploy skilled personnel to help INSCOM conduct forensic analysis, intelligence, computer science and technology...
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has said he expects the company to gain a controlling share of a potential $8 billion market for surface-to-surface missiles over a decade, Defense News reported Tuesday. Kennedy said Thursday at the company™s earnings call that the proposed Naval Strike Missile is ready to transition to...
Amy Caro, formerly vice president of health solutions at Northrop Grumman™s (NYSE: NOC) information systems business unit, has joined Annapolis, Maryland-based federal management consulting firm Deep Water Point as a partner. Caro will oversee the company™s health care practice that supports clients such as systems integrators and small bu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 30, 2018 ” The investment unit of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has placed funds with India-based Stellaris Venture Partners in support of the latter’s own investments in technology startups in areas like cloud, internet of things and analytics, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Livemint reported Monday&n...
Brad Mascho, co-founder of Columbus, Ohio-based artificial intelligence technology developer CrossChx, has been named chief AI officer at NCI. NCI said Tuesday Mascho will oversee a new corporate division that will aim to advance the Reston, Virginia-based government technology and professional services contractor’s AI strategies and programs ...
Jonathan Alboum, former chief information officer at the Agriculture Department, has joined Veritas Technologies as chief technology officer of the Mountain View, California-based data management company’s public sector business. Veritas said Tuesday Alboum will aim to help government clients manage, secure and identify bus...
