Katie Arrington, former South Carolina state lawmaker and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been named chief information security officer at the Department of Defense. She announced her appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Katie Arrington’s Career Background Arrington served as CISO within DOD’s Office of the Under Secretary o...
Alicia Combs announced on LinkedIn that she has been appointed vice president and general manager of ground training at Cubic division, Cubic Defense. The global business executive said Monday she will lead a team tasked with shaping the future of military training and readiness. In her new role, Combs will leverage her data-driven engineering min...
Lockheed Martin has secured a five-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform design and development studies, conduct technology demonstrations and provide engineering services to support the rapid development of several missile systems. IDIQ Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qua...
5G networks are highly scalable, accommodate electromagnetic spectrum diversity and are, beneficially, based on established standards, according to Johnson Wu, a contractor who works on the cyber portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit. They’re also ideal for demanding environments such as remote locations ‘at the edge’ and for private n...
Michele St. Mary has been selected as the new chief legal officer and general counsel at Amentum, effective immediately. The advanced engineering and innovative technology services provider said Monday that St. Mary would oversee its legal, ethics, compliance, contracts and security functions worldwide. She will be responsible for corporat...
Space operations provider Auria has appointed technology leader Dave Hansen as chief technology officer. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, Enlightenment Capital-backed Auria said Hansen and his team will drive growth by pooling resources and pursuing the development of new technologies and capabilities for customers. According to the company, the...
Riverbed Technology has named Michael Croll, an enterprise IT go-to-market executive, as senior vice president of the U.S. federal market. Croll announced his move to the San Francisco-based IT company in a LinkedIn post published Monday. He brings to Riverbed over 25 years of experience developing and implementing go-to-market strategies in data ce...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index started February on a losing note, ending lower Friday at $4,805.44 (-0.10%) following a fourth daily loss in five trading sessions. The week also saw breakouts of individual constituents and steep losses by defense stocks. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, lost -1.83...
HII reported $3 billion in fourth-quarter revenues for fiscal 2024 and saw its full-year revenue increase 0.7 percent to $11.5 billion. In an earnings release published Thursday, the military shipbuilding company logged $12.1 billion in new contract awards and ended the year with a total backlog of approximately $48.7 billion. HII recorded quarterly...
Honeywell has announced plans to separate its automation and aerospace technologies businesses into two standalone public entities as the multinational conglomerate continues to simplify its operating structure and optimize its portfolio to drive growth. The move came four months after Honeywell announced plans to spin off its advanced material...
