Damian Watkins has transitioned to the role of chief research officer at Aperio Global, where he most recently served as chief research and innovation officer, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. Building on his software development background, Watkins has more than 15 years of experience in Java and C++ development of data driven...
Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has established an executive advisory board consisting of top cybersecurity leaders who will help drive company strategy to continue its growth in the federal market. The Herndon, Virginia-headquartered cybersecurity company said Monday the inaugural members bring government agency, defense, and commercial exper...
Katie Schroth has been appointed vice president of air and space forces center within the national security sector at MITRE. The McLean, Virginia-based organization said Monday Schroth will develop strategies and establish priorities necessary for MITRE to deliver technical capabilities to support the Department of the Air Force mission ob...
Executive Mosaic has chosen Sharon Dunbar, vice president of cross-company business initiatives for General Dynamics Mission Systems, as chair of the Multi-Domain Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program invites esteemed executives and professionals to a series of networking dinn...
A Vigor Industrial business has secured a $277 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for the USS Kidd, or DDG 100. The Department of Defense said Friday Portland, Oregon-based Vigor Marine will perform repair, maintenance and modernization services for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. The fir...
Northrop Grumman generated $10 billion in sales during the third quarter of 2024, up 2 percent from the same period last year, and posted $11.7 billion in Q3 net awards with a record backlog of $85 billion. In an earnings release published Thursday, the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor said year-to-date sales rose...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $1.8 billion contract modification to build and launch the first two polar space vehicles under the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the company will also transition the Next-Gen OPIR Polar Space Vehicles 1 and 2 to operations ...
Raytheon has secured $676 million to continue manufacturing tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided TOW weapon systems for the U.S. Army. The awards comprise an annual production contract valued at $430 million from fiscal 2023 and an additional $246 million in 2024, Raytheon parent company RTX said Wednesday. Weapons Production in Tucso...
General Dynamics subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace has won a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $991 million to provide logistics support services for C-20 and C-37 aircraft used to transport high-ranking government and defense officials. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes ai...
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to move its massive biometric identity management system — containing more than 260 million biometric data points — to the cloud, according to a request for information posted by the department’s Office of Biometric Identity Management. If you’re curious about this biometrics ...
