Rick Howard, chief security officer at Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), has said agencies that aim to develop and implement strategies to safeguard information technology systems from cyber threats should adopt DevOps. Howard wrote that DevOps™ link to automation and cloud technology has implications for agencies™ adaptive cybersecurity st...
Mark Brown, a 31-year military research veteran, has joined Belcan as chief technology officer of advanced engineering at the company’s government services segment. Belcan said Monday Brown most recently served as vice president of Scientific Research Corp.‘s advanced technology solutions division that offers research, engineering, ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded eight companies positions on a potential five-year, $300 million contract to support construction projects at various military bases. Forty-three offers were submitted to the 633d Contracting Squadron for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Defe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2018 ” A team comprised of Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) Radiant Solutions business and partners CosmiQ Works and NVIDIA has received an award from the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation for the company’s work in GEOINT, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Radiant said Tuesday th...
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has won a potential five-year, $130 million contract to develop, produce and sustain handheld video data link radios for the U.S. Air Force. Three offers were submitted to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the indefinitely-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process, ...
India™s defense acquisition council has approved capital acquisition proposals worth approximately $554.6 million. The Indian government said Friday the proposals include the procurement of the NAG missile system valued at approximately $78.8 million and 13 BAE Systems-built 127-mm-caliber guns for the country™s naval force worth $451...
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Wittenberg Weiner Consulting has won a potential five-year, $200 million contract to help U.S. Special Operations Command implement joint collective training and exercises. USSOCOM received 10 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive 8(a) set-aside acquisition process, the Defense Depar...
John Elbon, a 35-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has succeeded Dan Collins as chief operating officer at United Launch Alliance. ULA said Thursday Elbon most recently served as vice president and general manager of the space exploration division at Boeing’s defense, space and security business. In this capacity, he led the unit...
Melanie Heitkamp, formerly senior vice president of human resources at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) defense and intelligence group, has been appointed SVP and chief HR officer of L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) in a move slated to take effect May 21. L3 said Thursday Heitkamp will succeed the retiring Kevin Weiss and oversee the compan...
