In recent years, there has been a steadily increasing push to optimize and embolden systems for sharing information in the U.S. military. This is most clearly seen in the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative, which entails an interlocking network of communications for warfighters. World events such as Russia’s ...
From his time as a naval aviator to his work at the Pentagon and at the Department of Homeland Security, all the way to his current position in the upper echelon of an impactful technology company, John Zangardi has accrued expertise in a wide range of topics. Zangardi is passionate about cybersecurity best practices, the...
Bob Butz was named vice president of operations and supply chain at the missiles and defense business of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) following a four-year stint at the defense contractor’s Collins Aerospace subsidiary as VP, according to his LinkedIn post. He joined Collins in November 2018 as vice president of global repair services and...
Ronald “Chip” Whitford, formerly a vice president of BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), has assumed new roles as senior VP, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at the nuclear components supplier. He succeeds Tom McCabe, who will remain with BWXT in special advisory role until his retirement on Aug. 1, the company sa...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has completed its purchase of Link 16, the tactical data link product line of Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) for about $1.96 billion. L3Harris agreed to buy Viasat’s TDL portfolio in October as part of a strategic effort to meet warfighters’ Joint All-Domain Command and Control requirements. In December, the Melbourne, F...
Sanjay Sardar, former senior vice president for digital at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined ASRC Federal to serve as president of an operating group that provides support to civilian and health agencies. “I have started to meet the new team and am so enthused at the level of expertise, capability and passion in...
The cloud services segment of the GovCon market is booming as government agencies prioritize modernization and migrate to the cloud. GovCon Wire spoke with PV Puvvada, CEO of NetImpact Strategies and Wash100 Award winner, to find out more about what’s driving this growth and what’s next for the cloud services market and emerging technologies....
Ed Boyington, former president and CEO of The Vertex Company, announced in a LinkedIn post his new role as a member of the board of directors at V2X (NYSE: VVX). He was named to the board following the completion of the Vectrus-Vertex merger in July 2022, forming V2X as a new critical-mission platforms and services...
Jennifer Hagerty, a 25-year human resources executive, has assumed the role of chief HR officer at Edge Autonomy. She will oversee diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and related HR activities, the company said Wednesday. John Purvis, CEO of Edge Autonomy, said Hagerty’s knowledge and experience will be key in building and supporting the workf...
Howard Levenson, former regional vice president at Databricks, said government agencies looking to advance evidence-based decision-making in support of their missions should consider adopting open source-based technologies that could enable them to collect and analyze structured and unstructured data. Levenson discussed how machine learning and an o...
