Fred Kennedy, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s tactical technology office, has formed a company with the goal of developing nuclear thermal rocket engine technology to support cislunar space programs. Dark Fission Space Systems aims to work with government and industry partners in efforts to accelerate the on-orbi...
Mission Critical Partners has acquired RKV Technologies for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand MCP’s information technology, project management and data integration offerings for public sector customers. Darrin Reilly, president and CEO of MCP, said in a statement published Tuesday the shortage of technical talent in the public se...
Emergent will help the Department of the Air Force obtain licenses for 12 core Oracle software products and the Java Standard Edition platform under a potential five-year, $419.7 million contract. The Enterprise Software License Agreement II also offers a suite of customer services and a catalog for DAF agencies to acquire discounted technology offe...
Sarah London, vice chairman of the board of directors at Centene (NYSE: CNC), has accepted additional responsibilities as CEO of the St. Louis-based health insurer. She took over the chief executive duties from Michael Neidorf, who has been on medical leave since February, the company said Tuesday. In Neidorf’s absence, London has been working...
TechnoMile has unveiled two customer advisory boards to help drive innovation and deliver best-in-class platforms for companies doing business with federal, state and local government agencies. The growth CAB will concentrate on the priorities of business development, proposals and capture teams of TechnoMile’s corporate clients, while the governa...
If you haven’t participated in voting for the ranking of the top 30 Wash100 Award candidates, now is your chance! There is still time to make a sizable impact on the outcome of the reader-generated ranking of the top executives in GovCon, government and industry combined. Executive Mosaic selected the full Wash100 list but it’s...
The State Department gave the green light for the U.K.’s plan to buy one ballistic missile defense radar and a pair of command and control battle management and communications systems, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), through a potential $700 million transaction with the U.S. government. The proposed foreign military sale will also includ...
Jan Niemiec, vice president of sales at Cisco, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. He talked about Cisco’s recent growth initiatives as well as its efforts to drive digital transformation and innovation across the federal landscape. Niemiec also covered challenges in federal recruitment ...
Former senior U.S. national security leaders Sue Gordon, Richard Spencer and Ryan McCarthy have joined the board of the U.S. proxy organization of London-based satellite communications company OneWeb to ensure compliance with U.S. government regulations and safeguard classified information. OneWeb Technologies CEO Bob Roe said in a statement publish...
Ardent Management Consulting has expanded its business development team with the appointment of three vice presidents who will be responsible for driving the company’s growth strategy in the homeland security, federal health and civilian markets. Ardent said Wednesday it named Joshua Kolchins as VP for homeland security and he will manage Depa...
