Iron EagleX, a veteran-owned defense contractor, has secured a potential 10-year, $430 million other transaction agreement to provide technical development support services to U.S. Special Operations Command. The award covers products, services, research and development and production support to help ensure that USSOCOM’s software and tools meet i...
James Cassella, a former DynCorp International executive, has been named senior vice president and chief revenue officer at Solon, Ohio-based military equipment supplier HDT Global. He comes to HDT with more than 25 years of corporate growth strategy and business development experience, the company said Tuesday. Cassella most recently held BD functi...
The U.S. Army is currently undergoing what Lt. Gen. Laura Potter calls, “the most significant intel modernization in Army intelligence history,” a wave of efforts to remake and galvanize the service branch by 2030. These activities include a focus on sensor technologies, which, according to Potter, who serves as deputy chief of staff for G2...
The Vertex Company, which recently merged with Vectrus to form V2X (NYSE: VVX), will provide logistics support to the Department of the Navy’s C-12 Huron cargo and passenger airlift fleet under a potential five-year, $230 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command. Vertex said Tuesday it will maintain aircraft and engines at the depot lev...
In the most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Eric Trexler, vice president of sales for global governments at Forcepoint, to discuss how the company created its value to reflect what it stands for in this market, resonate with its workforce and differentiate itself from most industry players. He also talked about efforts ...
Jason Payne, chief technology officer for Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) federal business, said government agencies looking to accelerate information technology modernization while advancing cybersecurity and collaboration and seeking to leverage analytical capabilities should understand the role of cloud technology in such efforts. “There is widesp...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer of Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. In his concluding article on the Federal Contract Management Maturity Model, GovCon Expert Mick Fox provided his insights into how organizations are evolving to the Future-Enabling level of matur...
The Transportation Security Administration is seeking proposals for a potential $128 million multiple-award contract to develop, install and maintain the new version of the agency’s facial recognition system used to authenticate passenger credentials. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will have an ordering period of seven years ...
Mick Jaggers, a nearly 15-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined CAES to serve as vice president of program management at the Arlington, Virginia-headquartered aerospace and defense contractor. In a LinkedIn post Tuesday, he shared his transition from serving as a Northrop VP to joining the CAES team and organization. Jaggers worke...
In the U.S. Army’s pursuit of bold, enterprise-wide modernization, the service’s leaders are increasingly focusing on software acquisition reform and looking to industry for help. Department of Defense officials and federal representatives have been vocal in recent years about the Army’s acquisition process, which is widely seen as bureaucrati...
