Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Protect AI for an undisclosed sum to expand its capabilities to help government agencies and enterprises protect their ecosystems of artificial intelligence models, agents and related tools from security risks. Palo Alto Networks said Monday it expects the transaction to close by the first quarter of its fisc...
Northrop Grumman has appointed industry leaders Travis Garriss and Christopher Valentino as chief information and digital officer and vice president, respectively. Garriss and Valentino announced their new roles at Northrop in separate LinkedIn posts published Monday. Travis Garriss’ Career Background Before Northrop, Garriss spent six years a...
Ashley Manning, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy at the Department of Defense, has emerged as a transformative leader in the realm of cybersecurity. With a decorated career spanning high-profile roles across international strategy, legislative policy and cyber defense, Manning is reshaping the intersection of defense ...
Nava has appointed Samantha Kwok and Marvin McLain as vice president of engineering and VP of program delivery for the federal health portfolio, respectively. As the VP of engineering, Kwok will spearhead the engineering organization’s growth through effective execution of delivery and the cultivation of technical excellence, innovat...
Northrop Grumman has appointed industry executives Jeremy Knupp and Ed Griebel as vice president of global command and control solutions and VP of mission enabling products, respectively. Knupp and Griebel announced their new roles in separate LinkedIn posts. Jeremy Knupp’s Career Background According to his LinkedIn profile, Knupp has been wi...
Iridium Communications recorded fiscal 2025 first-quarter revenue of $214.9 million, up 5 percent from the same period the previous year, and posted Q1 net income of $30.4 million, or $0.27 per diluted share. In an earnings release published Tuesday, the McLean, Virginia-based satellite communications company said its operational earnings before int...
Mythics has acquired Smart ERP Solutions to broaden its Oracle Cloud capability and service offerings for federal, state and local government agencies, educational institutions and commercial enterprises. “Organizationally, there is strong alignment between SmartERP and Mythics; both technically mature and well known in the Oracle ecosys...
Chris Smith, vice president and general manager of North America Public Sector at Red Hat, has been presented with the 2025 Wash100 Award during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Smith won his first Wash100 Award in recognition of his efforts in promoting the use of open-source software in the public sector....
Lockheed Martin has agreed to acquire Amentum’s Rapid Solutions business for approximately $360 million in cash. Amentum said Wednesday the transaction is expected to conclude in the second half of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Upon closing, Lockheed will integrate Rapid Solutions and about 230 e...
Scott Kawalek, sales director of payment solutions at Dell Technologies, said government agencies that intend to adopt a multicloud approach as part of their IT modernization efforts should plan well in advance before making transformational decisions and optimize multicloud capacity. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Kawalek wrote that agen...
