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Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space, accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most significant award of consequence in all of government contracting (GovCon), last Wednesday for his leadership and drive for innovation in space technology, including the advancement of space exploration and expanding Lockheed...
The continuous expansion of the global cyber environment has widened the United States’ attack surface and prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reevaluate its role in the law enforcement of the digital world. Today, the FBI has embarked on a major cultural transformation and is implementing significant changes to meet new and emerging c...
The Vertex Company, which recently merged with Vectrus to form V2X (NYSE: VVX), has won a potential $280 million contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain training aircraft for service aviators and flight officers. The seven-year contract will include intermediate-level maintenance support for the T-6 Texan, T-44 Pegasus, T-45 Goshawk, TH-57 Sea Range...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has agreed to purchase Link 16, the tactical data link product line owned by Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT), in a deal worth approximately $1.96 billion. The definitive agreement is still subject to customary transaction adjustments and may be finalized in the first half of 2023, the companies said Monday. Link 16 is...
ASGN (NYSE: AGN), the parent organization of ECS Federal, has acquired technical risk management services provider Iron Vine Security in a push to grow ECS’ cybersecurity offerings in the government health market. Thirty-six Iron Vine employees will receive restricted stock unit awards covering about $7 million worth of acquirer shares by Jan....
Jeffrey MacLauchlan, senior vice president of finance at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has been appointed to succeed Thomas Mutryn as executive VP, chief financial officer and treasurer. MacLauchlan’s promotion is effective Nov. 1 while Mutryn will stay on board as EVP until he officially retires on Jan. 9, 2023, the company said Monday. â€...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm has made another pair of promotions with company veterans Aaron Jackson and Elaine Turville now leading technology, and strategy and consulting growth platforms, respectively. Both executives have more than two-decade experience with Accenture. Jackson formerly served as digital platforms practice lead while Tur...
Mike Malaret, director of sales engineering for public sector at Veritas Technologies, said government agencies should prioritize data protection by developing a detailed strategy that could enable them to quickly respond to data breaches and restore data and applications that are key to delivering services to citizens. Malaret urged agencies to imp...
Since the 1990s, American semiconductor chip manufacturing has declined while U.S. reliance on foreign manufacturers has increased, posing significant risk to national and economic security. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, signed into law in August, is changing that narrative, and domestic chip manufacturers like Intel are turning the n...
Baird will host its fifth annual Government & Defense Conference on Thursday, Nov. 17, to bring together members of the government contracting (GovCon) community for an in-person and virtual conference that will include discussions of key industry trends and market outlooks from elite leaders across our industry and the federal landscape. B...
