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 engineer...
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...
D.J. Dart, formerly business development executive for the Department of Homeland Security at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has elevated to the role of vice president for DHS enterprise, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. He joined SAIC through its acquisition of the Unisys Federal business in March 2020 and has more than tw...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to address foreign use of infrastructure as a service cloud computing platforms for malicious cyber activities. The order directs the secretary of the Department of Commerce to develop rules within six months to require IaaS providers to verify the identity of foreigners with IaaS accou...
Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has merged five product lines into the San Diego, California-based company’s intelligent transportation systems unit as part of efforts to drive operational efficiency and an emerging concept called mobility as a service. The consolidated ITS segment is led by Jeff Price and comprised of the GRIDSMART, Road User Charging...
Travis Dalton, president of Cerner‘s (Nasdaq: CERN) government services business, has been appointed to also serve as chief client and services officer as part of a leadership shakeup at the health care technology maker, The Kansas City Star reported Friday. He has led the CGS unit since 2012 and oversees Cerner’s work on the $4.3B...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will continue to help U.S. Army Europe manage information technology mission command systems and networks under a potential five-year, $695M task order from the General Services Administration. GSA issued the USAREUR Enterprise Mission Information Technology Services award – also known as EMITS – during the fourth qua...
Brian Goodger, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, said the Department of Health and Human Services plans to release a solicitation for the potential 10-year, $40B Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners follow-on contract for IT support services in early Februar...
Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has closed its acquisition of engineering company Pratt Miller in a debt- and cash-free transaction worth approximately $115M. “This acquisition will allow us to leverage Pratt Miller’s experience and innovation in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous and connected systems and electrification, positioni...
