Katie Arrington, former South Carolina state lawmaker and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been named chief information security officer at the Department of Defense. She announced her appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Katie Arrington’s Career Background Arrington served as CISO within DOD’s Office of the Under Secretary o...
NASA has issued a draft request for proposal for a potential $365.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide supplies and support services for the NASA Research and Education Support Services, or NRESS, III. According to the notice issued on SAM.gov Tuesday, the project supports the Science Mission Directorate, Human ...
John Lossing, a 26-year industry veteran, has been appointed vice president of industry compliance at ManTech. The artificial intelligence and mission-focused technology services provider said Tuesday Lossing will serve as the lead liaison for the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Defense Contract Management Agency. John Lossing’s Ca...
Rudy Martinez, an industry veteran with 20 years of experience in information technology professional services, has been selected as the vice president of growth at Intelligent Waves. The innovative IT services provider said Tuesday Martinez will oversee the company’s expansion, focusing on enhancing its presence in the market and de...
Alicia Combs announced on LinkedIn that she has been appointed vice president and general manager of ground training at Cubic division, Cubic Defense. The global business executive said Monday she will lead a team tasked with shaping the future of military training and readiness. In her new role, Combs will leverage her data-driven engineering min...
Alaska Native corporation Chenega has named Terry Nihart, a retired U.S. Army colonel, as president of its security strategic business unit, or SSBU. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, the company said Nihart succeeds Tim Lamb, who is retiring after 21 years of service as a key corporate leader at Chenega. “I am truly humbled...
Anduril Industries, a defense technology contractor, has secured a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $99 million from the U.S. Air Force for prototyping projects for the Phase III of the Thunderdome Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, initiative. Lattice-Driven Prototyping Projects The Department ...
Iridium Communications reported fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter revenue of $213 million, up 9 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its total revenue for the full year increase 5 percent to $830.7 million. In an earnings release published Thursday, the McLean, Virginia-based satellite communications company said Q4 and full-year net income were $36...
Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems division has booked a $114.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of hardware that supports sound navigation and ranging, or SONAR, systems. Contract Modification Details The Department of Defense said Tuesday that under the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modificat...
Marlan Macklin is a two-decade Department of Defense civilian official with vast technological and international experience. As deputy principal director for FutureG, he travels the globe advocating and educating about how terrestrial networks like 5G and its successors are an essential glue that holds modernized communications together for the U.S....
