Aftermarket services provider VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has named seasoned executive finance leader Adam Cohn as chief financial officer and aerospace sales executive Garry Snow as chief growth officer. Alexandria, Virginia-based VSE said Tuesday Cohn will join the company as CFO on Sept. 3, and Snow will assume the newly created chief growth officer posit...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has agreed to acquire satellite maker Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) for approximately $450 million to expand its satellite manufacturing and responsive space capabilities. The Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense contractor said Thursday it expects the transaction to conclude in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject...
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has appointed Jeetu Patel, who joined the technology company in 2020, as executive vice president and chief product officer to oversee networking, security and collaboration portfolios under one organization. In a blog post published Wednesday, Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins wrote that Jonathan Davidson will transi...
Mark Nackman has been named vice president and general counsel at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Thursday. Nackman will oversee General Dynamics NASSCO’s legal, export, environmental engineering and contracts functions. The executive has been with the aerospace and...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $326.5 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide agile software development and design support services for NIH’s eRA enterprisewide grants management system. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Thursday the contract also covers support for other platforms of ...
Within recent years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has continuously pushed for technology modernization. New technologies present a wide range of benefits for health care agencies, from enhancing the customer experience to protecting patient data from cyber threats. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Healthcare Summit on Dec....
Timothy Boettcher, senior vice president and head of GTM strategy for North America at AvePoint, said government agencies working to improve employee collaboration while facilitating the delivery of services to citizens should take into consideration secure information sharing. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Boettcher wrote that agencies ...
Every year, the U.S. Intelligence Community publishes a collection of the most alarming threats to the country’s national security. The information included provides a structure and framing for the fight against that which is seen to contest American freedoms and the rights of citizens. “The world that emerges from this tumultuous period will be...
A report by financial services company Raymond James (NYSE: RJF) shows that 122 mergers and acquisitions occurred in the defense and government market during the second quarter of 2024, a 63 percent increase from the prior-year period and an 11 percent rise from the previous quarter. The August report was issued by Raymond James’ defense ...
The Office of Naval Research is employing science and technology strategies to help improve external partnerships and train the naval officers of tomorrow to develop critical Navy-Marine Corps capabilities. During a keynote speech at the Potomac Officer Club’s 2024 Navy Summit, RADM Kurt Rothenhaus, the chief of Naval Research,...
