President Donald Trump has selected Mark Esper, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, to take over leadership of the Department of Defense on an acting basis. Trump announced Esper’s appointment in a tweet posted Tuesday after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan resigned and withdrew from consideration for the top DoD jo...
The board of directors at AECOM has approved the company’s plan to separate its management services business as a new publicly traded company that will primarily serve national government clients. AECOM said Monday it expects to complete the spinoff in the second half of its 2020 fiscal year and retain John Vollmer, the segment’s president ...
A VT Systems subsidiary has received a potential $95M other transaction agreement to provide a simulation technology for use in U.S. Army collective training programs. The company said Monday it will develop components of the Training Management Tool and the Training Simulation Software designed to integrate with the military branch's sy...
ECS Federal will develop a dashboard for federal agencies to view cybersecurity data and risk exposure reports under a potential six-year, $276M task order from the Department of Homeland Security. The company said Monday it will help DHS deploy the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Dashboard Ecosystem and incorporate data ingest and visua...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) forecasts the aerospace and defense market to reach $8.7T and defense and space opportunities to hit $3.1T in the next 10 years as government agencies adopt new technologies, update military systems and expand maritime and space exploration....
Jerry Hogge, former senior vice president of military and veteran health solutions at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed SVP of Mitre's public sector business. He will be responsible for business strategy, international programs, and sponsor engagement with the nonprofit's federally funded research and development centers for civil...
Ed Krejcik, manager of Isilon systems engineers at Dell EMC, has said government agencies advancing information technology modernization are transforming data into actionable insights and intelligence, enabling raw data to transform into data capital....
Peraton has agreed to acquire Arlington, Va.-based information technology and satellite ground systems provider Solers for an undisclosed sum to further build up its capability to deliver space protection and resiliency platforms in support of national security programs....
Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, told TechTarget in an interview published Friday about the federal government’s adoption of cloud platforms....
Jana Weir Murphy, vice president and head of government affairs for Saab's North American market area, has elevated to the position of VP and head of corporate affairs within the region....
