MorganFranklin Consulting has added executives Beau Hammond and Asela Wijesiri to its leadership team as managing directors. Beau Hammond Hammond, most recently director of strategy and transformation at MorganFranklin, oversees the finance and technology advisory firm’s efforts in supporting the missions of customers in the global aerospace and d...
Jill Singer, vice president of the national security and defense segment at AT&T (NYSE: T), said the Intelligence Community needs to advance network modernization to address rising cybersecurity risks and near-peer threats and effectively carry out their missions. Singer told The Cipher Brief in an interview posted Tuesday that IC agencies looki...
Veteran finance executives James Reagan and Carolyn Handlon have joined the board of directors of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC). In addition to both being on the board’s audit committee, Handlon will be part of the nominating and corporate governance panel, while Reagan will be on the human resources and compensation gr...
Digital Intelligence Systems has completed its acquisition of LinTech Global in a transaction that expands its portfolio of staffing and information technology offerings for defense and federal civilian agency customers. Mahfuz Ahmed, founder and CEO of DISYS, said in a statement published Tuesday LinTech’s experience and knowledge in the federal ...
The Department of Defense plans to add requirements to National Security Space Launch program contracts in a move to address Chinese and Russian interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In a briefing to potential vendors of the upcoming contracting round, DOD said the next generation of rockets designed for launching spy satellites sh...
Canada will provide Ukraine with a medium-range air defense system Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will build under an approximately $302 million purchase deal between the North American country and the U.S. The National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System donation is the latest in Canada’s military assistance to Ukraine and marks the fir...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded two multiple-award, firm-fixed-price contracts totaling $144 million for airfield-related design, construction and maintenance services. Head Inc., MRM Construction Services, the AHTNA-SWCP joint venture and Southern-RC-JV-01 will compete for airfield paving design-bid-build and design-build orders w...
Space is undeniably the most rapidly growing and evolving domain in the modern era, and it’s quickly becoming the most contested, too. In response to concerns that the United States’ global competitors are accelerating their developments in space, Pentagon leaders are looking at ways to inject more speed and resilience into the space procurement...
Don Claussen, a 15-year satellite communications industry veteran, has been appointed CEO of Herndon, Virginia-based satcom provider ST Engineering iDirect. He will be responsible for helping drive ST Engineering iDirect’s vision to expand its presence in the global satcom marketplace, the company said Monday. Claussen most recently served as ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill that seeks to protect U.S. intellectual property by imposing economic penalties on companies and individuals involved in IP theft. Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb., introduced the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act, which requires within six months a con...
