George Pedersen, co-founder of ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), has retired as a member of the board and chairman emeritus after a five-decade career with the Herndon, Virginia-based defense contractor. He helped establish ManTech in 1968 with a U.S. Navy contract for simulation and modeling services, the company said Wednesday. “I want to th...
Alan Chvotkin, a partner at Nichols Liu, has published his most recent article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. Previously, GovCon Expert Alan Chvotkin provided a review of the federal acquisition regulations issued over the past year. Despite the pandemic, and even with the Inauguration of President Biden and the transitio...
Doug Lane, president and CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award winner for the second time of his career, previously received the most respected award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership with Capgemini to drive the company’s organic growth and revenue through key acquisitions. In additi...
Kevin McCoy, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former president of Canada-based Irving Shipbuilding, has been appointed to lead the government operations segment at BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) as part of a reorganization move. BWXT said Tuesday it updated the company’s reporting structure into government and commercial business sectors to...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking novel approaches to building a utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer through the Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing program. “If there’s an underexplored area of quantum computing showing promise for a faster breakthrough than we previously expected, we want...
CyberPoint3 Holdings, a wholly owned company of Cyber Capital Partners, has acquired Point3 Security and P3F as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity technologies and capabilities meant to address challenges facing critical infrastructure and national security communities. “The acquisitions of Point3 Security and P3F support...
ExecutiveBiz featured LC Cook, vice president of public sector at Yext, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. She underscored the importance of artificial intelligence development and the impact of emerging technologies on the federal landscape. Cooks also discussed the core values of company culture, the federal agency...
Rumblings of frustration surrounding the Department of Defense’s information technology shortcomings quickly grew into a roar last month as military service branch operators, warfighters and federal leaders took to social media to shed light on the severity of the department’s widespread IT issues and the urgency of solving them. In January, Mi...
Gary Bradford, formerly a vice president of Perspecta, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) to serve as VP for enterprise capture management, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. His LinkedIn account says the position entails oversight of a team that will work with civilian and defense customers to help address their missio...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct Shawn Purvis, president of QinetiQ’s U.S. business arm and formerly corporate vice president and president of enterprise services at Northrop Grumman, into the 2022 class of Wash100 Award recipients for her previous efforts in leading the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor’s ...
