Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has made a series of leadership changes after Chief Operating Officer Gloria Flach and Sid Ashworth, corporate vice president for government relations, announced plans to retire by the end of December. Kathy Warden, corporate VP and president of Northrop™s mission systems business, will transition to new roles as pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a patent on an additive manufacturing process that works to produce three-dimensional objects from metals in a gaseous state, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 19. The company said Sept. 18 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the patent for the “Add...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 25, 2017 ” Greg Touhill, president of Cyxtera Technologies‘ federal group, has cautioned against data overclassification as it will hamper government efforts to develop strategies to mitigate and respond to cybersecurity threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 14. MeriTalk reported Sept. 13 the fo...
Dave McClure, formerly chief strategist of cybersecurity at Coalfire’s federal business, has joined Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business as director of the federal chief information officer advisory practice. Accenture said Thursday McClure will work to advise federal CIOs on modernization strategies and digital tra...
A team composed of Dell EMC, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential five year, $1 billion contract to build a cloud-based collaboration and unified communications platform for the U.S. Air Force. The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service awarded the contract as part of th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 19, 2017 ” Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Space Systems Loral‘s government systems business, has said the company sees continued opportunities in the areas of in-orbit satellite servicing, small satellites and space robotics. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Wednesday&n...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has agreed to buy Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology platforms provider InfoZen through a $180 million cash transaction that would grow ManTech’s managed cloud services and information technology offerings for the federal civilian market. The companies expect to close the deal in October, ...
Mark Serway, former chief financial officer of government technology provider Govplace, has joined Hitachi Data Systems‘ federal business as CFO and vice president of operations. He will report to HDS Federal President and CEO David Turner and oversee the unit’s controllership, treasury, tax, information technology and customer...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has agreed to purchase Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) for approximately $9.2 billion in a push to accelerate innovation efforts and expand technology offerings. Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop said Monday it will pay $7.8 billion in cash and assume $1.4 billion in net debt from Orbital ATK under the transact...
Kirk Herdman, formerly executive vice president of corporate strategy at KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW), has been named EVP of corporate strategy and business development at the Hanover, Maryland-based contractor. KeyW said Friday Herdman succeeds Michele Cook, who will leave her role as business development EVP to pursue other career goals. Herdman joine...
