Tom Kellermann, former head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has been appointed senior vice president of cyber strategy at Los Altos, California-based vulnerability assessment software provider Contrast Security. He will oversee Contrast Security’s strategy to support cyber initiatives in the government and financial sector and...
The Department of Homeland Security plans to enlist industry expertise to help an Atlantic City, New Jersey-based federal laboratory that tests explosive and threat detection platforms. DHS issued a draft solicitation Tuesday for a potential $97 million multiple-award contract to procure technical support services for the Transportation Security Lab...
Haywood “Woody” Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, was recently presented his 2022 Wash100 Award during a visit to the company’s office in Virginia by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is honored to recognize Haywood Talcove as a three-time Wash100 Award recipient for his persistent ...
Eric Ostfeld, a 15-year veteran of Parsons (NYSE: PSN), has joined Michael Baker International as president of design-build services. Ostfeld will serve on the executive committee of Michael Baker and be responsible for leading its pursuit of design-build projects, the Pittsburg-based infrastructure engineering and consulting company said Tuesday. T...
Jeff Miller, vice president of public sector at NowSecure, said government agencies looking to meet their digital transformation objectives and gain insight into the security of their applications should adopt modern software development practices and integrate into their mobile DevSecOps environments continuous security testing to detect and addres...
Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary and industry partners will begin the second leg of an unmanned surface vessel development and demonstration program spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. As part of Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship program, DARPA said Monday the team’s medium USV concept dubbed Defiant is expected ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential 10-year, $10.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to perform research, development, test and evaluation work for the Department of Defense. The award has a five-year base value of $4.4 billion and will reach its potential value if all options are exercised, DOD said Monda...
BAE Systems‘ land and armaments unit has won a seven-year, $278.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce a modernized ground vehicle designed to operate in the Arctic region and other extreme cold weather environments. The Beowulf amphibious tracked platform won the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle competition to replace the branch’s...
Michelle Kruger, a 25-year veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has joined Austal’s ship manufacturing business in the U.S. to serve as vice president of global services and support. Austal USA said Monday that Kruger will lead worldwide post-delivery repair and warranty programs, business development efforts and partnership strategies in her n...
Gary Lac, a two-decade biometrics and identity management industry veteran, has been appointed vice president of solutions development at the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese information technology company NEC Corp. He will oversee NEC Corporation of America products across digital services, national security and state and local government verticals, the...
