Jim Gavrilis, a defense industry veteran, has been appointed president and CEO of newly created High Point Aerotechnologies. High Point is a holding company of private investment firm Highlander Partners that will focus on acquiring and developing emerging technologies, operating companies and experts in the counter-unmanned aircraft systems industr...
A Mitre-operated research and development organization and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have launched a collaborative project with other industry partners in an effort to provide cybersecurity professionals with an open methodology for prioritizing Mitre ATT&CK techniques based on organizational needs. The initiative identified prevalence, choke poi...
Maggie Hallbach, senior vice president of Verizon Public Sector, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. She talked about her 25 years of service at the company and her recent promotion to her current position. Hallback also discussed the importance of 5G in the public sector, the company’s Enterprise Infrast...
Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) is preparing to buy ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) and an acquisition of the Herndon, Virginia-based government services contractor by the global investment firm could be worth $4 billion, Bloomberg reported Sunday. Friday’s closing price for ManTech stock was $81.97, which gave the company a market value of $3...
Eight awardees will continue to provide professional management and technical services to support the U.S. Navy’s cyberspace operations under a $231.2 million contract option. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific exercised the first option period on a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an $802 million cei...
Matt Luxton, formerly a member of the executive leadership team at General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has joined Cubic as senior vice president and general counsel. He will report to Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, and provide advice to the management team on legal matters related to operations...
Wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie has acquired broadband company Signal Point Systems for an undisclosed amount in a move to bring connectivity services to U.S. military installations and other Department of Defense facilities. Mobilitie said Thursday it will integrate operations of the two companies to continue providing broadband communic...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business will continue to provide geospatial intelligence, training and infrastructure support to the U.S. Air Force’s global communications system under a potential five-year contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes services for Air National Guard locat...
Zaki Saleh, vice president and general manager of global health business at Peraton, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He discussed the challenges faced by agencies in zero trust implementation and the company’s efforts to help them with their respective data security initiatives. The Q&A also cove...
RAND Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $495 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to continue operating a federally funded research and development center. The Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center FFRDC conducts analyses and studies for federal sponsors with a focus on a set of nine functional areas, DHS said Thur...
