Mark Kersh, most recently the director of NAVSEA programs within Peraton’s defense solutions sector, has transitioned to a new role as vice president of maritime solutions within the defense mission systems business. He announced his new VP position at the Reston, Virginia-based national security and technology contractor in a LinkedIn post Tuesda...
The U.S. Space Force is looking to buy a 12th military satellite communication system to join the Wideband Global SATCOM constellation using defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. A Space Systems Command spokesperson was quoted by SpaceNews as saying Congress allocated an additional $442 for the WGS program, which h...
John Auerbach, formerly a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has joined ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) as senior vice president for the company’s federal health segment. He will provide guidance to the ICF management team on health business opportunities in the federal government, the consulting and technology services provider sa...
Quantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT) has created a subsidiary that aims to take QCI’s technology products to the Department of Defense and other government agencies. The company said Monday QI Solutions will conduct main business operations in Arizona and Sean Gabeler, a three-decade U.S. military veteran, will serve as president of the newly...
Valiant Integrated Services has secured a $67 million contract to help U.S. European Command facilitate joint service training events within the EUCOM and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility. The five-year contract will include non-personal work to assess military exercises and analyze lessons learned from the readiness efforts, Valiant said...
Michael Barnes, a sales professional in the public sector technology market, has joined robotic process automation software provider UiPath as vice president of federal civilian business. “I’m excited to begin working with our customers and partners on this next evolution of enterprise transformation,” Barnes wrote in a LinkedIn po...
President Joe Biden has appointed several industry leaders to an advisory panel that advises and offers policy recommendations to the White House on issues related to the preparedness, security and reliability of the U.S. communications and information infrastructure. Scott Charney, vice president for security policy at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), and...
An affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds has agreed to buy ship repair services provider Titan Acquisition Holdings from Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG) and Stellex Capital Management for an undisclosed sum. The parties expect the transaction to conclude in 2023, pending government approvals and other customary closing conditions, and Titan CEO Jim ...
Technology industry veteran Jay Barrows has been named executive vice president of enterprise sales and public sector at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and will support digital transformation efforts of federal, state and local government agency clients and national enterprise customers in his new role. His appointment is part of a string of execut...
Amentum has won a 15-year, $4.64 billion contract to help the U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate manage information technology and procurement processes for defense service support to foreign military sales customers. The company will support Air Force, Navy and Army FMS transactions under the Parts and Repair Ordering Sy...
