Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a potential $99 million contract to support infrastructure and cybersecurity operations of two U.S. Navy organizations responsible for the service branch’s information warfare force generation and oceanography program. The company will perform tasks for Naval Information Forces Command and Naval Meteorol...
Austin, Texas-based software provider Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) announced that its acquisition of Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) will close on Wednesday, June 8, after a majority of the Missouri-based health information technology maker’s outstanding shares were validly tendered. American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., the depositary for the tender offer, noted...
Mike Alvarado, a 16-year veteran of Jacobs (NYSE: J), has joined Akima to serve as chief growth officer and he will oversee corporate development functions in his new position. Alvarado will report to Bill Monet, president and CEO of Akima and a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, and help the company drive market share and revenue...
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has formed an advisory council to provide public sector organizations with insights in support of their cybersecurity efforts, and appointed Gary Locke, former secretary of the Department of Commerce, as its chairperson. The Public Sector Advisory Council will help local governments and other public institutions address cyber...
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...
