Tag Archives: Center for Strategic and International Studies

President-elect Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Kathleen Hicks, former deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and forces during the Obama administration, as deputy secretary of defense.

Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, will join the board of directors of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) on Dec. 7.

In my opinion, CMMC has nothing to do with supply chain management. CMMC is intended to serve as a verification mechanism to ensure appropriate levels of cybersecurity practices and processes are in place to ensure basic cyber hygiene as well as protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) that resides on the department’s industry partners’ networks. 

Phyllis Schneck, a veteran cybersecurity leader, will assume the role of vice president and chief information security officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), starting Oct. 14.

The planned merger between Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) comes as the aerospace-and-defense sector anticipates slower growth in the Department of Defense’s spending and as DoD sets its sights on hypersonic missiles, space systems and other new priorities, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from a Center for Strategic and International Studies-hosted discussion held Friday with the secretaries of military branches about the state of their services and priorities. Army Secretary Mark Esper said the service works to build up readiness recovery through 2022 before …

Eric Sedlacek, formerly director of business development at Engility, has been appointed to the same position at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday. He joins SAIC upon its $2.5B all-stock acquisition of the Chantilly, Va.-based contractor and will be responsible for overseeing department of State and Justice accounts …

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report that outlines some of the priorities of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer. Spencer said Thursday during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that the Navy has begun to work with Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) on a possible two-carrier contract. “We are going to get …

The U.S. military successfully launched its first-ever missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic (ICBM) missile. During the test, a Boeing-developed interceptor, carrying the Raytheon-built EKV, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, following the launch of an ICBM from Kwajalein Atoll, stated an Aerojet press …

John Hamre, a former deputy secretary of defense and current president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, has been elected to succeed the retiring Charles Robb as chairman of Mitre‘s board of trustees. Hamre also previously served as comptroller of the Defense Department, deputy assistant director for national security and international …