Damian DiPippa, formerly CEO of Aretum, has taken on the chief executive role at Auria, a space domain awareness provider backed by Enlightenment Capital. DiPippa brings over three decades of industry experience in missile defense, satellite operations, systems engineering and mission and intelligence, Auria said Tuesday. “Damian is uniq...
Tyto Athene has appointed John Coleman, former President of Peraton’s citizen security and public services sector, as chief operating officer, and named Michael Polmar, formerly chief growth officer at Bart & Associates, as CGO. Coleman will oversee Tyto’s business operations and guide strategic initiatives across the enterprise, while P...
The FBI has released the list of 95 awardees on the second iteration of the potential eight-year, $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement. The bureau first announced the award of the ITSSS-2 BPA on May 24 in a SAM.gov notice. According to the award notice, 31 large companies and 64...
Jennifer Kauffman, most recently chief operating officer of CyberCore Technologies, will transition to the role of CEO after multinational information technology company HP (NYSE: HPQ) completed its acquisition of the Maryland-based secure supply chain management and cybersecurity services provider. In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, CyberCore sa...
Nine companies have secured spots on a potential 10-year, $4 billion multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research, develop, test and evaluate scientific and technological platforms for combating weapons of mass destruction. Work under the IDIQ will be divided into three mission ...
Jeremy Wensinger, a 35-year government services and defense industry executive, has been hired to succeed Chuck Prow, a 2024 Wash100 awardee who has been at the helm of V2X (NYSE: VVX) since 2022, as president and CEO of the McLean, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor, effective June 17. V2X said Monday Wensinger will also serve...
The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies contract options worth $1.86 billion combined to continue providing professional management and technical services in support of the military branch’s cyberspace operation systems and capabilities. The award exercises the second option year of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantit...
As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and...
The security of our supply chain has become top-of-mind for government officials, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And for companies that deal with hardware procurement, supply chain security is more important than ever, as threats in this area continue to rise. Jennifer Kauffman, chief operating officer at CyberCore Technologies...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has named Lisa Bishop, formerly vice president overseeing analytics support to Department of Defense elements in Europe, as a senior VP and appointed Patrick Biltgen, formerly principal, as a VP. In her new role, Bishop will lead a team tasked with providing defense intelligence services to customers in the Washington...
