Software-defined wide area networking, or SD-WAN, and other technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping the future of communications. In this Executive Spotlight interview, we spoke with Sachin Patel, vice president of government services strategy and operations at Comcast Business, to learn more about the impac...
Michael Hill has joined the Department of Defense as deputy chief information officer of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, according to his LinkedIn announcement. He most recently served as director of Data Center Service Division at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Hill has nearly two decades of combined industry ...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting proposals for a potential three-year, $125 million contract to support a program that intends to provide turnkey classroom audio visual technology and sustainment services as part of efforts to maximize soldier training outcomes. According to a request for proposals published Thursday, Mission and Installation Co...
Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS) has secured a potential five-year, $99.1 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide mortar fire control systems and related hardware and training support services. The Department of Defense said Monday Army Contracting Command launched an online solicitation and received four bids for the firm-fixed-price contract. In ...
As director of emerging cybersecurity solutions for Carahsoft, Steve Jacyna keeps his finger on the pulse of the biggest cyber threats to government organizations, as well as the latest cyber innovations that protect against them. His dual goals are to help cyber vendors understand agencies’ unique needs and to assist agencies in identifying the t...
Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory will provide the Department of Defense with analytical assessments, recommendations and other mission support services under a potential five-year, $460 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services. PSU-ARL, as a DOD-designated University Affiliated Research Center, will help ad...
ESCO Technologies (NYSE: ESE) has agreed to purchase Ultra Maritime’s signature management and power business for approximately $550 million as part of efforts to expand its electronics and engineering capabilities in support of customers in the U.S. and U.K. naval defense markets. ESCO said Monday the business will operate as part of its aerospac...
Markon, a Sterling Investment Partners-backed management consultancy focused on supporting federal government missions, has acquired ASEC in a transaction that expands its capabilities to support the missions of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agency clients. Markon will operate ASEC as an independent subsidiary until it integrates ...
GovCon industry veterans Ron Fehlen and Jeff Schrader announced in separate LinkedIn posts that they have assumed new vice president roles within Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business. Fehlen will serve as VP of mission architect for national security space at Lockheed Martin Space and Schrader will take on the role of VP of strategy...
Cybersecurity company SIXGEN has acquired Secure Enterprise Engineering as part of a push to expand its software offerings, client relationships and technical talent needed to accelerate the delivery of cyber capabilities to digital warfighters in support of national security missions. SIXGEN said Tuesday it expects the acquisition to expand its sof...
