Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) has named Josh Finke as senior vice president of public sector, responsible for driving the business’ overall go-to-market strategy and profit and loss. Finke brings to Lumen more than 25 years of technology leadership experience in artificial intelligence, cloud, communications, networking and security, the com...
Mercury Systems has appointed Brad Whittington, a former executive at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Raytheon, as senior vice president of engineering. He will report to Mercury’s chief operating officer, Roger Wells. The recent leadership appointment is part of Mercury’s reorganization effort to streamline its operations. Joe Plunk...
Exiger has acquired data science company XSB to expand its portfolio of proprietary data and artificial intelligence tools with the addition of the latter’s suite of purchasing, design, engineering analytics and sustainment intelligence platforms used by program executive offices, logistics and acquisition professionals. “This acquisition is in ...
Vivek Upadhyaya has joined Defcon AI as chief financial officer, responsible for strategic planning and execution as well as leadership of all company finance activities. Defcon AI said Thursday Upadhyaya most recently worked at Mercury Systems as vice president and CFO of the mission systems segment. Yisroel Brumer, co-founder and CEO of Defcon AI,...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has received a potential five-year, $506 million contract from the U.S. Army to build and integrate critical combat systems in support of the military branch’s aviation vertical lift platforms in future multidomain operations. Booz Allen said Tuesday the Army’s Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team an...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) highlighted artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies at its seventh annual Supplier Innovation & Technology Symposium on Tuesday. The company said more than 170 partners and suppliers gathered at the event, which included discussions on how emerging tech can help address customer challenges. “Emerging tec...
Lou Forti, a management professional and team leader, has been appointed vice president of government services at SkillStorm. He announced in a LinkedIn post his promotion to the senior executive position at the IT consulting company, where he most recently served as director. As VP of government services, Forti will oversee the defense an...
Dan Jablonsky, former president and CEO of Maxar Technologies and a two-time Wash100 awardee, will succeed Joe Laurienti as chief executive of Ursa Major. Jablonsky, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, will take the helm of Ursa Major and lead the company through its next stages of growth, effective Aug. 5, the rocket and missile...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has secured a $319 million task order to impart its expertise on intelligence systems to the U.S. Army. The information technology company said Wednesday it was chosen to fulfill a five-year work aimed at supporting an Army office in establishing and maintaining an advanced and on-demand environment. The pla...
CyberCore Technologies, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP’s (NYSE: HPQ) federal arm, has appointed Randy Anderson, a more than three-decade defense industry executive, as senior vice president of programs. The company said Thursday Anderson will lead program execution and drive on-contract growth initiatives across CyberCore’s business portfo...
