SOS International has named intelligence community veterans Neil Wiley and Dan Robinson as senior adviser for intelligence programs and vice president of business development, respectively, as part of efforts to expand the company’s analytic services business. Wiley will align resources and establish the strategic vision, administrative and operat...
Forcepoint has agreed to buy U.K.-based Deep Secure for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity offerings for governments, critical infrastructure and enterprises worldwide. Forcepoint said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be completed in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. “The ad...
As the Department of Defense moves forward with its phased implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, several studies have offered insights within the defense industry about contractor preparations and expectations on the department’s CMMC process. A DOD interim rule, released in September 2020, provided a five-y...
Hillary Ashton, chief product officer of Teradata (NYSE: TDC), has been appointed to serve on the board of CentralSquare as an independent director, responsible for providing cloud product insight to support the public sector technology company’s growth strategy. CentralSquare said Thursday Ashton, as Teradata CPO, drives the multicloud data p...
Tony Mitchell, formerly vice president of business development and strategy at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics group, has been appointed VP of advanced technology and strategy at military electronics supplier CAES. He will be responsible for coordinating CAES’ independent research and development projects and its partnerships with governme...
Kevin Heald, senior vice president of the information exploitation division at Novetta, will speak at GovCon Wire’s Army: IT Management and Transformation Forum as panel moderator. He will lead a discussion on efforts at the service branch to manage and transform its information technology operations. Heald joined Novetta’s SVP ranks in ...
Stephen Steg, co-founder and chief technical officer of Blue Canyon Technologies, has been named CEO of the small satellite and mission services provider, more than five months after its acquisition by Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Steg succeeds former Blue Canyon CEO George Stafford, who will transition into an advisory role, the company said ...
The U.S. Army is committed to maintaining and developing innovative information technology (IT) solutions to support the service’s warfighting abilities. Army IT systems must be on the cutting edge of technology development to defeat adversaries and preserve our country’s national security. During GovConWire’s Army: IT Management and Transfo...
Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary has unveiled its proposal for the U.S. Army’s competition that seeks a ground-based weapon system to defend against unmanned aircraft and cruise missile threats. Dynetics said Thursday its Enduring Shield offering in the service branch’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 progra...
Deanna Hom Lund, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS), has been appointed to the defense technology provider’s board of directors. Kratos said Thursday its board selected Lund to fill one of the two vacant seats after the nomination and governance committee unanimously rec...
