U.S. Cyber Command‘s efforts to build greater partnerships with the private sector should include a human capital component to build up skill sets and experience in both the public and private sectors, Cybercom’s second-ranked officer told the Potomac Officers Club Wednesday. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin McLaughlin, Cybercom’s dep...
The State Department has approved Iraq’s request to acquire sustainment and logistics services and spare parts for its fleet of AC-208 aircraft under a $181 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. The U.S. aims to help Iraq’s air force continue support of the international military campai...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has named Michael Lempke, previous Systems, Planning and Analysis vice president of integrated strategic decision support, as vice president of the Newport News Shipbuilding division’s energy programs. Lempke will succeed Pete Diakun, who will retire at the end of 2016, and oversee ...
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has landed a potential $55.3 million contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency for management and maintenance support on all-source geospatial predictive analysis services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers data collection, analysis and manipulation for geospatial predictive modeling. GeoEye An...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2016 ” Chris Smith, vice president of technology at AT&T‘s (NYSE: T) global public sector solutions business, believes teaming between industry and federal agencies with limited budgets for information technology will help drive cybersecurity efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Channelnomics reported Wed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2016 ” Biff Lyons, executive vice president and manager of Parsons‘ federal defense and security division, has been named a fellow in the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology’s Fellows Program along with other company officials, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Parsons said Thursda...
Richard œRic Sears, formerly vice president of technology at IntelliDyne, has been promoted to senior VP for technology and innovation at the Falls Church, Virginia-based consulting firm. Sears will oversee the integration of IntelliDyne™s advanced analytics platforms with technical services under the company™s enterprise infrast...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has won an $84.7 million contract to manage the U.S. Army™s high-performance computing services. McLean, Virginia-based SAIC will also provide technical support for the computing systems and perform work in various U.S. locations through June 26, 2017, the Defense Department said Monday. Loc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2016 ” Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal operations at Vormetric, urges the federal government to focus on encryption and other access control measures as part of a “detailed discovery” approach to cybersecurity, Executive Gov reported Thursday. “This approach, which is best done wit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2016 ” Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, believes early exposure to the potential of cybersecurity and technology careers will help build on the future cyber workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Wajsgras wrote in a guest piece published Wed...
