President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday, has appointed individuals to lead 34 federal government organizations in acting capacities until his Cabinet choices complete confirmation procedures. Each agency leader will support the new administration in efforts to create a “whole-of-government” strategy to address national challen...
The Senate voted 84-10 Wednesday to confirm Avril Haines, former deputy director at the CIA, as the new director of national intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported. She has become the first female DNI and will oversee 18 intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency. Haines is a lawyer and former deputy...
Colleen Rooney, formerly senior vice president for public entity sales at Sedgwick, has taken the role of VP of sales for federal health at Maximus (NYSE: MMS), FedHealthIT reported Wednesday. Rooney most recently served as senior VP of public entity sales at Sedgwick, a technology-based risk, benefits and integrated business services provider to th...
Qualtrics International, an experience management software vendor spinning out of SAP (NYSE: SAP), has increased the suggested price range for its initial public offering from between $20 and $24 to between $22 to $26 per share, with the goal of raising $1.28 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The report said Qualtrics plans to trade under the...
Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and a 49-year company veteran, has died at the age of 83. “All of us at CACI are deeply saddened by Dr. London’s passing. … He was a true pioneer in the federal contracting industry, drawing from his military service to...
The U.S. and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement for the UAE to buy 50 Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jets and up to 18 drones, Reuters reported Thursday. The F-35s are part of a potential $23 billion deal that includes the procurement of high-tech weapons systems from Lockheed, General Atomics and...
A By Light Professional IT Services subsidiary has secured a potential one-year, $38.2M bridge contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue the provision of engineering and technical services in support of the Defense Information Systems Network. Phacil will provide expertise and information technology services as part of the DIS...
Terry Ryan, lead director at Constellis and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, took the helm of the Herndon, Virginia-based company as its CEO and executive chairman. He succeeds Tim Reardon, who stepped down from the chief executive position to “pursue other interests,” and brings more than two decades of government services industry experience t...
Redwire, a space technology company backed by AE Industrial Partners, has bought spacecraft and satellite systems engineering firm Oakman Aerospace for an undisclosed sum. Jacksonville, Florida-based Redwire said Tuesday the acquisition represents the sixth deal for the company AEI formed in June last year. Littleton, Colorado-based Oakman engi...
Dedrone has named Ben Wenger, a two-decade enterprise software sales veteran, as chief revenue officer and appointed Mary-Lou Smulders, strategic adviser at the counter-drone technology provider since February 2020, as chief marketing officer. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday Wenger will oversee worldwide sales of Dedrone’s platfor...
