Amentum has named leaders who will lead the three businesses within the national security group that the company is forming as part of a restructuring move by CEO John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who took the helm of the Germantown, Maryland-based defense contractor in late March, Defense Daily reported Monday. “Today, I am...
James Christopher, a more than 25-year technology services veteran, has assumed the president role at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) 1901 Group subsidiary, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. He oversees three enterprise information technology operations centers, two of which are located in Virginia and the third in Idaho, and the maturation of InSight, a man...
Jonathan Baliff, chairman of the audit committee of Redwire’s (NYSE: RDW) board of directors, has been appointed chief financial officer at the space infrastructure technology company. He succeeds Bill Read, who has served in the CFO role since August 2020 and stepped down nine months after Redwire went public, the company said Wednesday. David Ko...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been at the center of many of the White House’s cyber initiatives, policies and executive orders within the past few years. Now, just after the one year anniversary of President Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity, CISA is focusing on zero trust, modernization and workforce developmen...
David Harrison, a more than 15-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined QinetiQ’s U.S. arm as vice president of business operations. He will be responsible for overseeing QinetiQ US‘ functional business operations to create operational excellence and business value, the company said Friday. Shawn Purvis, president and CEO...
Trend Micro has formed a new business unit with the goal of helping federal government clients protect data using threat defense methods. The U.S. federal business unit will be based in Washington, D.C., and will help customers secure digital transformation initiatives, implement zero trust and facilitate cloud migration efforts through its team of ...
John Roth, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined AAR Corp. as vice president of business development for the company’s government services business, according to his LinkedIn post. He most recently served as director of strategy and business development for the Future Programs at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and previously held a similar r...
The federal government gives away hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts each year. In fact, government spending on contracts amounted to $682 billion in 2020, which is the highest one recorded in the last five years. However, spending data is hard to find, and it isn’t easy to get an accurate picture of where...
Over the last year, the U.S. government has cracked down on cybersecurity. Following the May 2021 issuance of the White House’s executive order on improving the country’s cybersecurity, federal agencies and their commercial service providers have been focused on complying with more stringent security standards while protecting themselves fr...
John Galer, formerly an assistant vice president at the Aerospace Industries Association, has joined Aerospace Corp. as chief of government relations, replacing John Plumb, who moved to the Department of Defense to serve as assistant secretary for space policy. The company said Monday Galer will drive engagements with state and local governments, Co...
