Twist Bioscience Corporation (TWST) became the first to implement Battelle™s ThreatSEQ web service DNA screening platform to detect and characterize sequences of concern in genomic data, supplementing its internal biosecurity efforts, TWST announced on Tuesday. œWe have spent decades working with and characterizing biothreats to support gl...
Deloitte US has appointed three executives to new leadership positions, effective June 2. Lara Abrash, deputy CEO of Deloitte’s U.S. audit and assurance practice, will transition to the role of chair and CEO of Deloitte & Touche and succeed Joe Ucuzoglu, who will serve as CEO of Deloitte US starting June, the company said Monday...
Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday stepped down from her post as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CBS News reported Sunday. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, will serve as interim DHS secretary. The report said Nielsen™s resignation comes amid Trump™...
Global Ordnance has finalized its acquisition of Chemring Military Products for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its presence in the non-standard ammunition and weapons market. Global Ordnance said Friday it will integrate CMP™s personnel and contracts into its organization and expects the transaction to help build up the compan...
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) secured a potential six-year, $292M contract to provide safety, mission assurance and engineering services to multiple NASA programs and projects. SAIC will work with the agency on the International Space Station, Extravehicular Activity Project Office, Orion and Commercial Crew Programs un...
Teresa Shea, formerly executive vice president of technology at In-Q-Tel, has joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) as VP of cyber warfare and mission innovations within the intelligence, information and services business. She will report to John DeSimone, VP of cybersecurity and special missions at Raytheon IIS, and lead the integration of the company™s...
Applied Insight announced on Thursday that it is moving its headquarters from Ashburn, Va. to Tysons Corner, Va. and made changes to strengthen its leadership team. Mehdi Cherqaoui will serve as chief financial officer in a company that focuses on analytics, cloud and mission IT for federal government clients. He joined the company this month...
Arlington Capital Partners announced its strategic investment in Octo Consulting Group on Thursday. Octo develops solutions for federal government clients in health care, national security, civilian and defense agencies. The company™s expertise with Agile software development, UI/UX, cloud, infrastructure, blockchain and other emerging te...
ValueOptions Federal Services received a potential five-year, $422.6M contract from the General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to manage a commercial employee assistance program for U.S. military personnel and their families. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday the company will support t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2019 ” Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, said government agencies should work to establish a “comprehensive” understanding of artificial intelligence and analytics before they implement these technologies as part of operations, ExecutiveBiz reported March 20. Davies, a past Wash1...
