Kirk Riggs, a U.S. Air Force veteran and a former executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been appointed vice president of strategy and business development operations within the intelligence group at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), according to a LinkedIn post published Monday. While at L3Harris, Riggs oversaw similar functions under the company&#...
Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed cybersecurity leader, has published his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program exploring the importance of linking integrated networks with robust communications as well as command and control on the battlefield in a multi-domain environment, which has been critical in the Ukraine’...
Cadmus has appointed two public sector executives Elise Logan and Kevin Bush to lead its sustainability- and infrastructure-focused practices catering to federal, state and local government clients. The company said Wednesday it named Logan, former manager at Deloitte, as principal of sustainability and resilience, and Kevin Bush, former deputy assi...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has appointed four new members to its federal advisory board to provide insights on national security, supply chain and logistics, public health infrastructure and other issues to help the company meet the evolving needs of U.S. government customers. The federal advisory board was formed in March to provide advice ...
Donald Upson, who served as Virginia’s first secretary of technology from 1998 to 2002, was selected as the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award recipient in 2001. Upson’s former position in the Commonwealth of Virginia was the country’s first cabinet-level post that combine...
President Biden’s newly released national security strategy outlines the White House’s plan for maintaining the country’s competitive edge on the global stage, strengthening coalitions with partners and allied forces and accelerating the modernization of our military. Notably, the new strategy focuses largely on outcompeting China and con...
Andrew Pahutski, a Department of Defense veteran with 27 years of civilian and military service, has been appointed vice president of economic security programs at Systems Planning and Analysis. Pahutski will be responsible for overseeing the development of the company’s portfolio of advanced analytics offerings in economic security and intern...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other DOD leaders hosted the Defense Innovation Board’s meeting on Monday and joined DIB Chair Michael Bloomberg in welcoming the seven newly named board members. Established in 2016, DIB provides department leaders with independent expert advice on how DOD c...
Steve Shpock, formerly a vice president of Stellant Systems, has been elevated to the chief operating officer role at the defense electronics company. He has more than 35 years of radio frequency and microwave business experience and will be responsible for driving operational performance across Stellant-run manufacturing and engineering facili...
ExecutiveBiz featured Anthony Verna, chief growth officer at Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed his new responsibilities as general manager of the company’s Rugged IoT business unit, the focus areas and recent growth initiatives of Cubic as well as the efforts...
