Gary Barlet, former chief information officer at the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General, has been appointed federal field chief technology officer at cybersecurity software provider Illumio. He will be responsible for helping bring Illumio’s microsegmentation approach to federal agencies in support of the government...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has selected Arlington, Virginia, as the location of its new global headquarters as part of efforts to strengthen partnerships to develop novel technologies and improve its agility in supporting customers in U.S. government and commercial aerospace markets. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense contractor said Tu...
Jason Matheny, former director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, will assume the dual role of president and CEO at RAND Corp. on July 5. He will succeed Michael Rich, who has been at the helm of the Santa Monica, California-based policy think tank since 2011, RAND said Tuesday. “Jason has long respected RAND’s...
Scott Ransley, an aerospace industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience, has been appointed CEO of Cadence Aerospace‘s engines systems unit. Cadence said Tuesday that Ransley succeeds Kevin Martin, who has led the engines segment since January of last year, and will manage the profitability of three business locations that make up t...
NCI Information Systems, a long-time provider of information technology and professional services to the government sector, has rebranded itself to signify the company’s commitment to helping federal civilian, defense and health clients adopt artificial intelligence technology. The name Empower AI is derived from the product NCI released in 20...
Amentum has named leaders who will lead the three businesses within the national security group that the company is forming as part of a restructuring move by CEO John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who took the helm of the Germantown, Maryland-based defense contractor in late March, Defense Daily reported Monday. “Today, I am...
Matt Desch, who has led Iridium Communications as its CEO since 2006, received a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in McLean, VA. Garrettson officially presented Matt Desch with his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Matt’s busine...
Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was named chair of the new chief information security officer advisory board at data security company Rubrik. He will lead the board consisting of top information security experts and practitioners from several industries in providing Rubrik with data security prod...
Six companies have secured spots on a potential $995 million multiple-award contract to help Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command carry out infrastructure projects within its Hawaii area of responsibility. NAVFAC received 10 offers for the five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and issued $25,000 in guaranteed minimum fu...
Valiant Integrated Services has won a $255 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide international militaries with F-16 aircraft maintenance and pilot training support over a 10-year period. The Foreign Military Sales deal is expected to help U.S. partner-nation air forces to achieve operational capability, the Department of Defense said T...
