Jim Blankenhorn, senior vice president of operations at Amentum and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been appointed to serve as head of the company’s technical services business starting Monday. In his new role, Blankenhorn will manage an organization that works with government and commercial clients to operate complex facilities, Am...
Douglas Harvey, a more than 20-year engineering operational management executive, has joined IDEMIA as chief technology officer of Identity and Security North America. He will help accelerate product innovation and design, work with technology teams to drive the adoption of digital engineering processes, advance the use of modern iterative developme...
John Donovan, former CEO of AT&T’s (NYSE: T) communications subsidiary, has joined the board of directors of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as an independent director. He will serve on Lockheed’s classified business and security committee, the company said Thursday. Donovan also leads the President’s National Security Telecommunic...
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said companies should reach out to the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies to counter ransomware and other cyberthreats and prevent other enterprises from becoming future victims of ransomware attacks. “We know those victims — oftentimes your clients — face reputational risks, they face ...
Stantec (NYSE: STN) has agreed to acquire Cardno’s engineering and consulting businesses in North America and the Asia-Pacific region for approximately $500 million to expand its environmental services practice and broaden its presence in federal and local government programs, urban development, infrastructure services and other growth areas. Cana...
Mike Farahbakhshian, a two-decade veteran of the government information technology market, has joined SBG Technology Solutions as vice president of health solutions. In his new capacity, Farahbakhshian will oversee expansion initiatives within the federal health IT segment and provide guidance for SBG offerings on the Department of Veterans Affairs&...
The U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Technical Center will collaborate with Capella Space to explore military applications of synthetic aperture radar data under a cooperative research and development agreement. Capella Space said Thursday it will help the Army Payload Development Lab conduct space technology simulation and testing effort...
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a request for proposal for engineering development, integration and support services required by its Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center. A SAM.gov solicitation notice posted Tuesday said the Department of Homeland Security component will select 8(a) companies to help ...
Viasat has been selected to help the Department of Defense assess weapon system architectures as part of a cybersecurity pilot program that will employ an analytics-based automation process. Under a DOD contract, Viasat will work to identify vulnerabilities in key weapon components through cyber and software-defined radio threat assessments, the com...
ExecutiveBiz spoke with Rick Herrmann, director of Intel’s U.S. Public Sector region, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. The executive talked about artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G and other crucial areas of technology development, Intel’s key partnerships, the top data security priorities in t...
