Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Dell Technologies, will lead a panel discussion on the role of artificial intelligence in homeland security during GovCon Wire’s Oct. 7 virtual event. Chehreh was named first CTO for the Dell Federal business in September 2015 to help the technology company bring mi...
Government contractors came from private companies that manufacture goods and services for government establishments. This group of people is like government organizations that come in different shapes and sizes. A group of government contracting companies is hired by the government when their contracts win through bidding. U.S Government contracts ...
Bill Rowan of VMware (NYSE: VMW) and Brian Whitenight of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business said the partnership between VMware and GDIT is making it easier for Department of Defense agencies to move to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s milCloud 2.0 platforms in three ways. The partnership helps simplify the...
CAE Chief Financial Officer Sonya Branco, four-decade industry veteran Brian Morra and former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry have joined the board of directors at CAE USA. Montreal-based CAE said Thursday its U.S. subsidiary board includes outside directors who provide oversight for the defense contractor’s government s...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft’s federal arm, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and efforts to drive digital transformation as federal agencies push their adoption of the latest emerging technologies. This marks the fourth consecutive Wash100 Award for Wagner. Previously, Wagne...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted the fourth quarter 2020 financial performance of large prime defense contractors Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese &am...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 11 companies positions on a potential five-year, $249.7 million contract to provide technical services in support of the service branch’s cybersecurity operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems and ISR activities. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific ...
Robert Campbell, former director of federal sales at Forcepoint, has joined Dedrone as vice president of its North American public sector segment. He will work in the drone detection technology provider’s office in Sterling, Virginia, and oversee government business development, go-to-market and strategic functions in his new position, the com...
Perspecta, the Chantilly, Virginia-based government technology services contractor, announced in January that it will be acquired by Veritas Capital for $7.1 billion in cash, or $29.35 per share. Veritas Capital, which holds approximately 14.5 percent of Perspecta’s outstanding shares, intends to combine Perspecta with Peraton, another governm...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, for her strong and notable leadership that helped the company secure IT modernization work with government customers. This represents Gilliland’s fourth consecutive Wash100 Award. In 2020, Gillilan...
