Bob Kolasky is set to join Exiger as senior vice president for critical infrastructure after serving as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s National Risk Management Center for more than three years. He will oversee the go-to-market strategy at Exiger and its efforts to deliver artificial intelligence-based techno...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver six additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Aviation Command under a $195 million contract. The company said Thursday it will perform production work primarily at a facility in Philadelphia and expects to start its delivery of the upgraded rotary-wing military aircraft to ...
A new McAleese & Associates report says most defense prime contractors recorded a 2 percent to 3 percent increase in sales during 2021. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial performance of Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NY...
Executive Mosaic has introduced Jennifer Ewbank, deputy director of digital innovation at the CIA, as the latest inductee into the 2022 Wash100 to recognize her strategic vision in emerging technology and national cybersecurity areas. This marks the first time Ewbank has been selected to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of business and federal a...
Valiant Integrated Services will provide training support to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command under a $150 million single-award contract. Dan Corbett, CEO of Valiant, said in a statement released Wednesday the company has supported USASOC and other special operations commands since 2005. “We’re honored to continue our support to this cri...
Scott Bauguess, a 12-year veteran of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined cryptocurrency exchange platform operator Coinbase as vice president of global regulatory policy. He announced his new role Monday in a LinkedIn post and shared that developments in the crypto ecosystem from a policy perspective encouraged him to become involve...
A Department of Homeland Security program allows the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to explore the use of Automated Ground Surveillance Vehicles, known as “robot dogs,” in national security-focused operations along the southern U.S. border. DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate, in collaboration with Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotic...
Finland’s defense ministry has formalized an agreement to procure 64 F-35A conventional takeoff and landing jets along with associated equipment and sustainment services from the U.S. government for approximately $9.4 billion, Reuters reported Friday. The signing of the procurement documents came one month after Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: ...
Boyden Rohner, associate director of vulnerability management at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will lend her insights to a panel discussion about the current information security environment at GovCon Wire’s Feb. 23 virtual event. Rohner has two decades of national security experience and leads CISA’s initiatives ...
Garett Presson, formerly vice president of enterprise platforms at Abt Associates, has been promoted to global chief information officer of the Rockville, Maryland-based consulting and research company. He will lead the global strategy and operations of Abt’s information technology organization with responsibility for cybersecurity, infrastruc...
