McKean Defense Group has agreed to acquire technology company Mikros Systems for $0.13 per share or approximately $4.6M in cash as part of its efforts to add new tech capabilities to its Navy portfolio. "With the added capabilities and skills from the Mikros acquisition, McKean will strengthen our support to the Littoral Combat Systems (LC...
A Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) division has received an $85M contract modification from NASA to build two more rocket stage adapters for the Space Launch System the agency will use on crewed missions to the moon....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 13, 2020 — Lockheed Martin looks to promote careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to high school students through the company's sponsorship of the U.S. Air Force Association's StellarXplorers space systems engineering challenge, Executive reported Nov. 6....
Dennis Via, an executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and a retired U.S. Army general, has been appointed to the board of directors at San Francisco-based data analytics company Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK)....
The Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Dave McKeown to serve as next chief information security officer (CISO), effective in late Nov. 2020, FedScoop reported Tuesday. He will succeed former CISO Jack Wilmer, who left the role in July 2020 to lead a private security company. Mark Hakun has served as acting CISO since Wilmer’s resignation....
Ken Sharp, a veteran finance leader, will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer at DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) on Nov. 30....
During GovConWire’s FY21 Acquisition Forum, notable federal and industry leaders will discuss the Defense Budget Reform, annual financial audit schedule adherence, Defense Acquisition System and implementation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework. To register for FY21 Acquisition Virtual Forum, as well as view other upcoming opportunities, visit ...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the 2020 GAUGE Report and GovCon Expert, has published her latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In her most recent article, GovCon Expert Kim Koster shared her insight into the critical analytics capabilities that government contra...
Santa Clara, California-based Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) has agreed to acquire attack surface management company Expanse for approximately $800M as part of efforts to expand its cybersecurity offerings....
NXT Communications has established a defense division focused on delivering antenna systems to provide special forces and other warfighters with satellite communications capability while on the move....
