Geopolitical tensions are rising around the world across all domains, and as competition escalates, border security becomes increasingly more critical to the United States’ national security capabilities and its strategic position in the context of other global powers. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection adapted to navigate new challenges posed...
Climate experts from government, industry and academia convened Thursday to discuss the challenges, opportunities, previous achievements and future goals surrounding the United States’ climate change mitigation efforts in the context of global climate progress and in accordance with the 2016 Paris Agreement. Steve Ambrose, chief climate scientist ...
A Fincantieri subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $78.7 million contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships. Fincantieri Marine Systems North America will assign technicians and provide program management support to the service branch’s planned corrective and maintenance efforts for MCM-1 vessels,...
ExecutiveBiz featured Beau Hutto, vice president of federal at Netskope, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about the company’s platform capabilities in SASE and Security Service Edge and the federal agencies’ potential challenges in implementing zero trust approach to prevent security breaches. ...
The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 for the proposed acquisition of health information technology company Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) by Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) expired Tuesday, Feb. 22. Oracle agreed to acquire Cerner for approximately $28.3 billion through an all-cash tender offer in late December and both parti...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2022 Wash100 — an annual list of public and private sector leaders who are at the forefront of trends and events that shape government contracting activity. This marks the second consecutive year that Hicks has been...
Amentum announced on Thursday that John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named the new CEO for the company, effective March 28th. Heller will succeed current CEO John Vollmer, who has served in the role for Amentum since its inception in Jan. 2020. Vollmer will continue as the company’s chairman of the board....
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Boyden Rohner, Stuart Kippelman of Parsons and Matthew Swenson of the Department of Homeland Security all convened on Wednesday to speak on the complex facets of cybersecurity and the implications each has on an organization’s information security capabilities in today’s evolving threat en...
Jeff Trauberman, vice president of government affairs at VOX Space, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. He talked about the recent company growth efforts, the collaboration of its capabilities with international space partners and the advancement of space technology. Trauberman also discussed ...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a $108.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to repair, maintain and modernize the USS Hartford attack submarine. Electric Boat will perform this work in Groton, Connecticut, through June as part of an engineered overhaul effort under the “Smart Start” program, the Department of D...
