Mark Esper, former defense secretary and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed a partner and chairman of the national security practice at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. He will be responsible for overseeing investment and business development activities across defense, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and international affairs se...
Private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Oasis Systems with its portfolio company ERC to expand cybersecurity, engineering and technology-focused consulting offerings for aerospace and defense customers worldwide. Brightstar said Wednesday it expects the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2022 and the combined...
Dan Voce, senior vice president for enterprise cyber and solutions at Leidos, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He discussed digital modernization in defense, civil and health markets, the company’s recent growth initiatives and the impact of M&A activities to Leidos portfolio and tec...
Lynker has received a potential five-year, $136.9 million task order to deliver scientific support services to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service. The company said it will work with Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Axiom Co...
Dan Odom has joined the national security segment of Guidehouse as a senior strategic adviser following a more than two-decade stint at the FBI, where he most recently served as section chief. The consulting services provider said Wednesday Odom will assist clients in technology development and application to mitigate cybersecurity and national secu...
Some members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center leadership team will lend their insights to a panel discussion on the role of digital twin technology in defense programs. The ExecutiveBiz-hosted Digital Twins Forum will feature AFLCMC officials Richard Billings, lead for A-10 product lifecycle M-management implementation; Lynn Eviston, d...
NASA has started a market research effort with the goal of identifying companies and universities with the capacity to design high-speed commercial vehicle systems and develop technology roadmaps to support the baseline vehicle concepts. The agency said Wednesday in a sources sought notice that it envisions a design study project that would initiall...
After recent cryptocurrency-related developments across the federal landscape, including the Federal Reserve’s white paper on central bank digital currencies and President Biden’s executive order on the responsible development of digital assets, the U.S. has “crossed the Rubicon of legitimacy” into the crypto economy. Juan Zarate, global c...
Taimeka Hollis, formerly chief operating officer at Illuminate, has elevated to the role of president at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics company. She brings to the role over 20 years of leadership experience in business development, strategy, engineering and operations, Illuminate said Tuesday. Prior to Illuminate, Hollis spent 17 years at Nor...
Jason Grogg, an information technology market veteran, has been appointed vice president of the federal health growth accelerator group at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), according to his recent LinkedIn post. He first joined the company in May 2017 as a principal in charge of business development efforts for the Department of Veterans Affairs port...
