Ed Hammersla, former chief strategy officer of Forcepoint and president of the cybersecurity venture’s federal division, has joined software developer Utilidata as CEO. He succeeds former CEO Scott DePasquale, who will begin a national security project in Washington, D.C. as he continues his role as chairman ...
Jeffrey Berson, current chief investment officer at QTS (NYSE: QTS) chief investment officer, will serve as the company’s chief financial officer beginning April 3, 2017 as part of QTS’ approach to C-level succession planning. QTS said Tuesday Berson will succeed Bill Schafer, who will transition to a new role as the ...
A business unit of BAE Systems has received a potential $41.3 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop, integrate and maintain new or existing communication-electronic platforms, equipment and subsystems. Work also covers rapid design, customization, fabrication, test, evaluation, installation, certification, maintenance,&n...
Reston, Va.-based government technology services contractor STG Group has agreed to acquire software engineering and computing provider Preferred Systems Solutions for $119 million in a push to add new footprints in the intelligence community and other national security agencies. STG said Tuesday it expects to close the transaction by th...
Jerry Tarnacki, vice president of quality and mission assurance at Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), has been named senior VP of the firm’s newly created space business unit. Tarnacki will directly report to Eileen Drake, Aerojet™s president and CEO, and manage all programs related to defense, NASA, space and launch strategies, in-space pr...
Jeffrey Harris, a 40-year national security professional, and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Yakovac have been elected to the board of directors of Concurrent Technologies Corp. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO and vice chairman of the board, said in a statement released Friday he expects Harris and Yakovac to bring to the board their...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index crawled to a fifth straight record close Friday to extend its current stretch of weekly gains to three and record a five-day advance of 2.72 percent . The U.S. stock benchmark S&P 500 also inched to a record close for a weekly gain of more than 1 percent despite investor uncertainty over ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 17, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has partnered with Perspica to deliver an analytics tool built on artificial intelligence technology to the federal government market, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The alliance is part of CSRA’s Emerging Technology initiative and will utilize the Perspica predictive analyti...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 17, 2017 ” Janus Global Operations has received recognition from Gov. Sohaib Alrawi of Iraq’s Anbar Province for the company’s mine-clearing activities, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. JGO said Wednesday the governor acknowledged in a social media post the company’s work and support f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 17, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Concurrent Technologies Corp., HRL Laboratories and Soar Technology will help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency research and develop automation and artificial intelligence technologies in a move to advance GEOINT analysis, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. NGA said ...
