GovCon Wire Events’ timely Information Security and Innovation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent figures across government and industry to discuss how public and private sector organizations are working together to better fortify the United States’ critical information security and cybersecurity capabilities in response to the heigh...
Last week, Senators introduced a new legislative package that combines aspects of the Cyber Incident Reporting act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021 and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act into a more comprehensive, robust and up-to-date bill that is expected to be more likely to pass into law than each...
Five companies hold positions on a five-year, $250 million contract to develop electronic warfare threat simulation and radar systems for U.S. Navy aircrew. Contractors will compete to help the military branch implement simulators and instrumentation to train naval aviation personnel in network-centric warfare and battlefield scenarios before their ...
Mike Eddings, president and CEO of the technology services business at Optum Serve, has been assigned to also lead the federal health services provider’s consulting group. In his expanded role, Eddings will oversee the business formerly known as The Lewin Group that offers data analytics, program evaluation and integrity and policy analysis su...
Executive Mosaic’s ninth annual Wash100 award selection was officially announced Wednesday to recognize 100 leaders from the worlds of government, industry and academia who have made noteworthy contributions to their organizations and the government contracting sector. The Wash100 is the premier class of business executives, agency officials a...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced the winners of the 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of GovCon to recognize the 100 executives who will impact the sector in the coming year. The 2022 Was...
Jerry Hogge, a more than three-decade GovCon industry veteran, has joined Calibre Systems as executive vice president and chief operations officer. He will oversee Calibre’s all profit centers and business development efforts and lead initiatives to ensure that the company has the needed operational controls, people systems and reporting and admin...
John Zangardi, formerly president of Redhorse, has transitioned to the role of CEO as part of the company’s growth-focused organizational changes supported by a minority investment from Blue Delta Capital Partners. Redhorse said Monday the private equity firm’s recent investment also backs the appointment of a chief financial officer and...
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2022. He will also serve on the association’s executive committee along with Spirit AeroSystems President and CEO Tom Gentile, who is set...
Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary has won a $478.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a thermal protection system intended to protect surface-to-surface hypersonic missiles from intense heat during flight. Dynetics will build the Hypersonic Thermal Protection System prototype and help the military branch conduct materials research, inspe...
