Arcfield has appointed Lori Becker, former chief financial officer of Sierra Nevada Corp., to the CFO position and named Mike Smith, a 23-year U.S. Secret Service veteran, chief security officer of the Chantilly, Virginia-based systems engineering and integration contractor. Both newly appointed executives will report to Arcfield Chairman and CEO Ke...
Dorith Hakim, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined CPI Aerostructures as CEO, president and director. She succeeds Douglas McCrosson, who stepped down from his role to pursue other opportunities, CPI Aero said Wednesday. Terry Stinson, chairman of the board of CPI Aero, said Hakim brings to the company her aerospace industry experience, experti...
John Hart, chief growth officer at Valiant Integrated Services, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. He talked about strategic goals and expected challenges in 2022 and beyond, and discussed how partnerships have helped the company expand its federal marketplace footprint, reach mission objectiv...
During the State of the Union address on March 1, President Biden called for tightened border security and highlighted the “cutting-edge” technology currently being deployed at ports of entry to fortify the border. “If we are to advance liberty and justice, we need to secure the border and fix the immigration system,” Biden stated. “I...
Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) has purchased Axiom Data Science for an undisclosed sum to broaden its climate data analytics platforms and will operate the acquired company as part of its government services group. Axiom is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and performs climate science modeling to help federal, academic, nongovernmental organizations and comme...
VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has received a $100 million contract from the U.S. Navy to extend by one year the company’s mission-critical support for eligible foreign naval platforms. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to ensure the service branch’s foreign military sales cust...
Ray Piselli, vice president of international business at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said the company plans to spend as much as $1 billion on manufacturing initiatives in Saudi Arabia and expects the investment to help the country’s military industry regulator GAMI and state-owned defense company SAMI drive the domestic private sector. Piselli sa...
Google has agreed to buy cybersecurity company Mandiant (Nasdaq: MNDT) for approximately $5.4 billion, or $23 in cash per share. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized later this year, subject to regulatory clearances, approval by Mandiant’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions, Google said Tuesday. Mandiant will becom...
MetTel has received a potential $58 million contract to provide internet protocol network services to the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command. The company said Tuesday it will update command infrastructure to support computers, telephones, mobile devices and video collaboration applications. Under the contract, USMC’s recruitment organization...
Lisa Brown, former senior vice president of delivery operations at Customer Value Partners, has been elevated to chief customer officer at the Fairfax, Virginia-based technology consultancy. The 13-year company veteran will aim to identify service gaps and understand client requirements in the newly created position, CVP said Wednesday. Brown has ga...
