Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential nine-year, $700 million contract to deliver an integrated cloud and sensor platform to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The company said Wednesday it will use model-based systems engineering to consolidate DIA’s technical capabilities and apply digital engineering to enable operational effic...
The State Department has approved a potential $255 million foreign military sale of L3Harris Technologies-built (NYSE: LHX) communications equipment to the government of Poland. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday L3Harris will serve as the principal contractor on the transaction, which covers the provision of multiband, multichan...
Nick Lapato, former director of network operations center at Inmarsat Government, has been named senior vice president of program management at the Reston, Virginia-based telecommunications services provider, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. He oversaw the company’s network operations center for more than a year after serving ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded $125.7 million in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to four companies for interface test adapters and related equipment. ION, Tyonek Engineering and Agile Manufacturing, Westest Engineering and X Technologies will provide the service branch with a range of design and manufacturing services, including pe...
Aloysius Boyle, a nearly 20-year technology and cybersecurity industry executive, has been named CEO of Caveonix, a Falls Church, Virginia-based hybrid cloud security platforms provider. He succeeds Kaus Phaltankar, co-founder of Caveonix who transitions to the newly created role of chief strategy officer and chairman of the board, the company said ...
The U.S. Army has renewed BAE Systems‘ contract as the operator of the government-owned Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee. The company said Tuesday it will continue to modernize the facility into an advanced chemical processing site under a potential 10-year, $8.8 billion contract. The Holston Army plant, which manufactures high...
Christopher Kubasik, chair and CEO of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), said the company plans to discontinue its merger and acquisition activity for the “foreseeable future” to strengthen its balance sheet and return all excess capital to shareholders. At the company’s investor day on Tuesday, Kubasik stated that the Melbourne, Florida-b...
Steve Harris, a more than two-decade Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) veteran, has been named president and general manager of the newly established public sector business unit at data science and analytics tools provider Alteryx. He will lead the development of go-to-market strategies for Alteryx Public Sector and establish strategic partnerships wit...
Harry Coker, a former senior executive at the CIA and the National Security Agency, has received confirmation from the Senate to serve as the nation’s second permanent national cyber director. He will lead the Office of the National Cyber Director and advise the president on developing policies and strategies for strengthening the U.S. cyberse...
Nokia has agreed to acquire Fenix Group, an Enlightenment Capital portfolio company, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of wireless offerings for defense customers. Fenix Group is a privately held company focused on developing 3rd Generation Partnership Project-based tactical communications systems that support militar...
