Danny Connelly, former associate chief information security officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been named CISO for the Americas business operations at Zscaler. He brings more than two decades of technology experience to the company and will be responsible for its cybersecurity strategy in the government and enterprise mar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2021 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received Cisco Sytems‘ (Nasdaq: CSCO) Federal Breakaway Partner of the Year recognition for demonstrating innovation, leadership and best practices in federal contracting efforts in support of defense and intelligence agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 8. Vicki Schmanske, presi...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Linux Foundation have signed an agreement to establish an umbrella organization to help the U.S. government advance use of open source software and accelerate innovation in the areas of 5G, artificial intelligence, edge, internet of things and other technologies. The US Government Open Programmab...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed six members of the company’s board of directors to lead different committees in a move slated to take effect when the company holds its shareholders’ meeting on April 20. The announcement comes as Arthur Collins and Susan Schwab plan to step down from the Chicago-based planemaker’s board upon expirat...
LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Accuity have agreed to merge their operations to establish a combined entity focused on providing financial crime compliance and risk offerings for government and enterprise customers. Accuity will operate under the LexisNexis Risk Solutions organization as a result of the merger transaction, the companies said in a joi...
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Reservoir International a potential five-year, $200 million contract to train U.S. Army personnel in warfare operations. The 1st Special Warfare Training Group and the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center will receive support services through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, th...
Houston-based aerospace services provider Barrios Technology has secured a potential eight-year, $160 million contract to help NASA coordinate projects at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. NASA said Wednesday the company could extend support services to other agency facilities under the Consolidated Program Support Services Project Coordi...
LinQuest will advise and assist the U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command under a potential nine-year, $200 million contract. The Department of Defense said Tuesday SpOC’s space acquisition directorate at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado received one offer for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a compet...
SpaceX raised $850 million at $419.99 per share last week through an equity funding round that took its valuation to $74 billion from the $46 billion market value after an August fundraising effort, CNBC reported Tuesday. The report said Elon Musk’s space venture secured nearly $2 billion from its funding round six months ago and...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business will build sonar domes on U.S. Navy and allied surface combat vessels under a potential $64 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane, Indiana, division. Collins Aerospace said Tuesday its naval programs group will produce, install, engineer, deploy, inspect a...
