Frank Backes, formerly a senior vice president at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS), has been named CEO at synthetic aperture radar satellite developer Capella Space. He will assume the position on Oct. 23 and succeed outgoing CEO Payam Banazadeh, who will remain on the company’s board of directors, Capella Space said Tuesda...
Information technology services provider 22nd Century Technologies has acquired public safety technology developer Queues Enforth Development for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of government software offerings. QED specializes in computer-aided dispatch and records management software systems that support over 300 state, local and federa...
As 5G communications technology advances, it’s opening up a new world of capabilities for missions across the defense landscape and within the public sector. In a new exclusive video interview, JMA Wireless’ Rishi Bhaskar sat down with Executive Mosaic to talk about what’s on the horizon for 5G innovation and why it’s so important at this ...
United States officials are facing constantly evolving homeland security threats and challenges in today’s interconnected world. According to Scott Recinos, senior vice president of homeland security at LMI, environmental impacts from climate change are becoming increasingly more consequential to homeland security missions. “The escalating ...
Peter Torrellas, an industry executive who has led digital transformation initiatives, has officially assumed responsibilities as a senior vice president of Cubic and president of the company’s transportation systems business division. He succeeds Jeff Lowinger, who went into retirement after being at the helm of Cubic Transportation Systems for o...
Juan Toves, a business development executive at Peraton, has taken on the role of vice president of business development for defense mission and health solutions sector at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post on Monday and will bring to the role his knowledge and expe...
Rich Scigaj, formerly partner and chief financial and administrative officer at Cyber Capital Partners, has been named chief financial officer at Easy Dynamics, a McLean, Virginia-headquartered provider of cybersecurity products and services to the government sector. The two-decade industry veteran will oversee the company’s overall financial ...
James Wallace, formerly executive director and general counsel at an RTX (NYSE: RTX) unit, has been named chief legal officer and general counsel at Forcepoint Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure, now part of TPG (Nasdaq: TPG), according to a LinkedIn post. He will oversee Forcepoint G2CI’s overall legal, governance and compliance f...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a potential $216.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead-time materials in support of construction work on two Virginia-class submarines. Work on SSN 814 and SSN 815 fast-attack submarines will occur in Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, M...
Recorded Future showcased the artificial intelligence features of its cloud-based threat intelligence platform during its annual Predict 2023 conference. The Intelligence Cloud platform is designed to accelerate threat detection and mitigation and uses large language models to help intelligence professionals speed up the collection, structuring and ...
