Australia-based communications technology provider Codan has agreed to buy Herndon, Virginia-based Domo Tactical Communications from a private equity company. Codan said Tuesday it expects the acquisition to close by the end of April, subject to regulatory conditions in the U.S. and U.K. DTC specializes in MIMO Mesh networks or next-generation softw...
Advanced Technology International and the U.S. Partnership for Assured Electronics have established a consortium as both nonprofit organizations aim to drive domestic production of electronic systems for defense use. ATI said Thursday the Defense Electronics Consortium will support a research and development effort focused on lead-free electronics m...
Tysons, Virginia-based government technology contractor Applied Insight has acquired Bridges for an undisclosed sum in a move to add cybersecurity, data analytics and cross-domain platforms as a complement to the former’s cloud offerings. Applied Insight said Wednesday it made the acquisition to also grow its intellectual property portfolio an...
Cynthia Barreda, former CEO and president of information technology company NetCentrics, has been named chief operating officer of Preferred Systems Solutions. CMS Equity Partners-backed PSS said Wednesday that Barreda brings more than 25 years of IT and federal contracting experience to PSS and will oversee market verticals for its mission solution...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded BAE Systems a potential $247 million contract to design and build and manufacture a military GPS receiver and application-specific integrated circuit to provide warfighters with positioning, navigation and timing capabilities as they carry out missions in austere environments. The...
Dan Fallon, senior director of public sector systems engineers at Nutanix (Nasdaq: NTNX), said agencies should tap the power of software as they take a unified approach to edge computing and manage large volumes of data. “Agencies need a platform that seamlessly unifies all elements of their enterprise IT. In short, they need a software...
The State Department has cleared Finland’s request to procure 35 extended-range systems of Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket through a potential $91.2 million foreign military sales deal. Lockheed’s missile and fire control segment will be the principal contractor under the FMS agreement for 25 M30A2 ER GM...
John West, former managing director of Verizon‘s (NYSE: VZ) enterprise solutions unit, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as vice president of business development and strategy, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Wednesday. The report said West has more than three decades of industry experience in areas such as cybersecurity, telecommunication, networking,...
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...
