Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, and Bruce Crawford, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, have joined the board of directors of Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL). Lord and Crawford bring to Comtech’s board their government and industry experience in the field of capability development, bud...
Julia MacDonough, a 25-year military and civil space veteran, has joined Draper as vice president and general manager of space systems. She will lead strategy execution efforts meant to drive growth in one of Draper’s key business areas, the nonprofit research and development company Wednesday. Her career began in the U.S. Air Force, where she...
Denver-based York Space Systems has acquired Emergent Space Technologies in a transaction that expands the former’s software development and mission design services for the government sector. Laurel, Maryland-based Emergent is a small business focused on developing software and guidance, navigation and control systems for military, civil and c...
Roger Alan Nichols, formerly a client executive director at AT&T (NYSE: T), has joined Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company Freedom Consulting Group as chief growth officer. He will report directly to FCG CEO Vernon Saunders and oversee corporate strategy and growth initiatives, FCG said Wednesday. “The ability to execute ou...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) reported $2.03 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal year, up 2 percent from the prior-year period, and attributed the growth to a ramp-up on contracts. The company said Monday net income for the three months ended May 5 climbed to $98 million from $74...
Rob Cotton, director of federal civilian growth at SkyePoint Decisions, has been promoted to vice president of growth at the Dulles, Virginia-based cybersecurity company, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. In his new capacity, Cotton leads a team of business development, capture and proposal professionals to identify new opportunities a...
The Department of Energy is inviting the public to comment on two draft solicitation notices for its plan to procure high-assay low-enriched uranium supply chain services. DOE said Monday the first document focuses on HALEU material production activities and the second notice centers on uranium hexafluoride gas conversion efforts to support rea...
Advanced Technology Leaders has won a potential five-year, $365 million contract from the U.S. Army to support the program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation under the third iteration of the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance program. Army Contracting Command received 17 bids for the SETI III firm-fixed-price con...
Mike Mulcahy, a digital transformation and strategy development leader for global public-sector aerospace and government system integrators at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said the talent shortage in the aerospace and defense industry reflects the need for the industry to keep up with technological developments. “The loss of talent is only the symp...
U.S. Marine Corps veteran and two-time Wash100 Award winner Dana Barnes was sought out by the world of information technology, rather than chasing it himself. He was recruited by IBM in the late 1990s, where he participated in the Business Development Professionals Program, initiating his passion for solving business problems with technology and a f...
