Mara Elizabeth Karlin, principal deputy assistant secretary for international security affairs at the Defense Department, was confirmed by the Senate to serve as DOD’s assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilties. Senators approved the nomination by voice vote Monday, following a series of congressional events that took place since ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 11, 2021 — Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) public sector business will provide the Air National Guard’s readiness center with managed network services and internet protocol voice services to support its modernization effort, ExecutiveBiz reported July 28. “Verizon’s managed services solutions are tailor made to support the mod...
The Army Futures Command has issued a draft request for proposals for a potential five-year, $65 million contract that will involve the experimentation of concepts and technologies for the Cyber Battle Lab at Fort Gordon in Georgia. A presolicitation notice posted Friday on SAM.gov says the command is seeking a contractor to assess proposed new...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) reported second quarter revenue of $879 million, a 10 percent decline from the same period in 2020 despite large contract wins for the April-June period. The Centreville, Virginia-based contractor attributed a 56 percent decline in operating income for the quarter to reserves taken on federal solutions and critical infrastructure...
Axon (Nasdaq: AXON) has been awarded a $223,1 million contract to supply the Drug Enforcement Administration with an undisclosed number of body-worn cameras and a digital evidence management system designed to store case-related data, according to a DEA award notice posted on SAM.gov. The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company’s portfolio includes ...
Dawne Hickton, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Critical Mission Solutions for Jacobs (NYSE: J), was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. Hickton, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, tackled Jacobs’ growth strategy and related senior leadership appointments as well as ef...
Gregory Kausner, executive director for international cooperation at the Department of Defense, has been assigned to perform the duties of defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment. DOD said Tuesday it also appointed Paul Cramer, DOD’s principal deputy assistant secretary for sustainment (installations), to serve as Kausner’...
The Government Accountability Office has dismissed protests against NASA’s award of a potential $2.89 billion contract to SpaceX to further develop a human landing system that would transport two astronauts to the surface of the moon as part of the Artemis program. NASA said Saturday GAO’s decision will enable the space agency and SpaceX to...
Marshall Smith, former deputy associate administrator for systems engineering and integration within a NASA directorate, has joined Voyager Space Holdings subsidiary Nanoracks to serve as senior vice president of commercial space stations. Voyager said Monday Smith will oversee Nanoracks’ commercial space services from a new Huntsville, Alabam...
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) technical solutions division has received a potential five-year, $346 million task order to help U.S. Africa Command and its international partners rescue, recover and evacuate military personnel. The company said Monday it will conduct airlift and airdrop efforts, plan and manage rescue operations, s...
