Prakash Panjwani, former senior vice president and general manager of Safenet’s data protection group, will succeed Dave Hansen as Safenet’s president and CEO, Safenet announced Thursday. Panjwani has been with the data protection company for 12 years, said Dave Fishman, a partner at Vector Capital and member of SafeNet’s board of directors. Prior to Safenet, […] More

Northrop Grumman has appointed Ben Palmer, Jon Anderson and Simon Cooper to business development leadership roles for the company’s Europe and U.K. organization. The company said Wednesday Palmer will be director of European strategy and business development, Anderson will be director of business development for C4ISR (land, maritime and civil) and Cooper will be director of business development for C4ISR (air). […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Tina Kuhn, a top cybersecurity executive with Northrop Grumman Information Systems, on Northrop’s international expansion, opportunities for transformation within the government budget environment, how to “build-in” cyber defenses, and more in the cyber space. Kuhn joined Northrop in 2012 after holding a series of GovCon leadership roles focusing on intelligence and […] More

The electronic systems unit of Exelis has been awarded a $91.7 million contract to deliver 42 electronic jammer systems to the U.S. Navy for protecting aircraft from radar-guided missiles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. contracted Exelis to build the AN/ALQ-214(V)4 set for the F/A-18C/D and F/A-18E/F Hornet and Super Hornet combat […] More

Jon McCabe, formerly vice president of financial planning and analysis at SafeNet Inc., has succeeded Mike Branca as the information security firm’s chief financial officer. He will report to President and CEO Dave Hansen and oversee functions such as accounting, tax, controllership, treasury and financial planning, among other areas, SafeNet said Tuesday. Hansen said McCabe […] More

Lockheed Martin Australia and the country’s defense and science technology organization have formed a 10-year alliance to collaborate on research and development work into technology. “We have agreed to undertake joint research in a range of areas including predictive logistics, trusted assurance, the Aegis combat system, over the horizon radar, hypersonics and operational analysis,” Alex Zelinsky, the […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Outgoing BAE Systems Inc. President and CEO Linda Hudson spoke to technology leaders Thursday about the changes she believes would address concerns on how to develop U.S. student and professional talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, FedScoop reported Thursday. Dan Verton writes Hudson appeared at an Northern Virginia Technology Council event to discuss U.S. […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

A General Dynamics and Austal USA-built  U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship completed its launch on Dec. 14, 2013 as part of a $3.5 billion 10-ship order made in 2010. The company developed the initial 127-meter USS Jackson with systems integrator General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems with an aim to create a vessel for open-ocean and near-shore operations, General […] More