Kara Sprague, former executive vice president and chief product officer at F5, will succeed Marten Mickos as HackerOne CEO, effective Nov. 4. The San Farancisco-based security platform developer said Tuesday Sprague will be responsible for driving company growth and adoption of HackerOne’s offering in commercial and government markets. “...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $197.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the full rate production of 56,000 FMU-139D/B bomb tactical electronic fuze systems. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers 500 FMU-139D/B fuze accessory kits, 50 FMU-139D(D-1)/B...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has begun seeking feedback on a draft request for proposals for a potential five-year, $499 million contract to provide research, engineering and technical management support for the development, integration, experimentation, evaluation and demonstration of space technologies. According to a notice published Thursda...
Future Technologies Inc. has appointed Nathan Glass as vice president of finance, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Wednesday. Glass spent five years at EverWatch, a Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) company, before joining FTI. He served as its director of compliance and special projects, director of financial pla...
The National Institutes of Health has awarded ECS and NTT Data positions on a potential five-year, $1.1 billion blanket purchase agreement to provide information technology support services for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The NIAID Enabling and Advancing Technologies – NEAT – BPA covers cyber infrastructure...
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has completed its purchase of Belcan in a cash-and-stock deal worth approximately $1.3 billion as part of a push to broaden its engineering research and development capabilities and expand its aerospace and defense market footprint. Cognizant said the transaction, which was first announced in June, also builds on its presenc...
The Defense Intelligence Agency is working on an artificial intelligence-powered system that once deployed will be able to quickly sift through vast amounts of data, perform intelligence analysis and help DIA analysts to focus on more complex intelligence tasks. This program has made significant progress thus far. But what’s next for MAR...
Matt Shaver, co-founder of BrainGu, has taken on the role of chief technology officer at the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based software development company. The company said Friday he will lead a team of engineers and drive BrainGu’s technical roadmap and vision as CTO. Shaver’s appointment comes after John “Spence” Spencer-Taylor, co...
Bob Ritchie is a fast learner. The technologist started at SAIC as an intern fresh out of a Virginia Tech computer engineering degree and only three years later was the chief software architect assisting the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, wherein he helped digitally transform preexisting Department of Defense tactical decision and command and control,...
Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has received a potential five-year, $153.4 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide support services for Project Manager Mission Command’s Blue Force Tracker 2 requirement. DISA announced the sole-source award in a notice published Wednesday on SAM.gov. Under the contract, the vendor will su...
