NEC Corporation of America has launched a new subsidiary that will offer biometric identity, machine learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence applications to the homeland security, defense, intelligence and law enforcement sectors. Benji Hutchinson, an industry veteran and a biometrics and AI leader, will lead NEC National Security Solu...
Thomas Moore, a 39-year U.S. Navy veteran and former commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, has joined federal management consulting firm Deep Water Point as a principal. The retired vice admiral will work as part of Deep Water Point’s consulting practice to help build up its team focused on serving the defense sector, the company...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has received a $618 million task order from the General Services Administration to provide system engineering, research and development, prototyping, training and open-source intelligence capabilities needed for enhancing the cyber and intelligence technologies of the intelligence community. The professional services are in suppo...
Yvonne Vervaet, formerly chief growth officer of ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT), has been appointed to the same position at Reston, Virginia-based language and intelligence services provider Acclaim Technical Services. The 26-year government services industry veteran will oversee ATS’ strategic efforts to pursue organic growth and expand its presence ...
Catherine Urban, formerly deputy chief financial officer of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has been appointed to succeed Mark Hughes as CFO of ACT I. She will directly report to ACT I CEO Michael Niggel and will bring to the role decades of business operations and finance experience with oversight of the company’s program contro...
Engineering and Software System Solutions, Southwest Research Institute and the University of Dayton Research Institute have secured positions on a 20-year, $300 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain the functional and structural performance of aircraft landing gear systems. Contractors will perform work under the service branch’...
Andrew Underhill, formerly chief technology officer at GovernmentCIO, has joined B3 Group as chief technologist for initiatives under the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Digital Transformation Center contract. He brings two decades of business and technology development and professional services experience in the U.S. and European markets, B3 ...
Stockholders of Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) on Wednesday approved a proposal to be acquired by private equity firm Veritas Capital and be merged with its portfolio company Peraton. Holders of majority of Perspecta’s shares issued and outstanding as of March 18 voted in favor of the merger agreement, the company said Wednesday. With the approval, the...
Christopher Cage, senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), will succeed the retiring James Reagan as the company’s chief financial officer on July 5. Reagan, CFO of Leidos since 2015 and a four-time Wash100 Award recipient, will continue to serve as an adviser through the end of 2021, the company said...
Ametek (NYSE: AME) has purchased radio frequency and microwave test equipment supplier NSI-MI Technologies for approximately $230 million in a move to expand measurement and testing products. Suwanee, Georgia-based NSI-MI offers a portfolio of instruments designed to check the performance of defense, aerospace, wireless communications, research and ...
