David Fastabend serves as vice president of advanced information systems at Exelis and leads an organization that works on new products for customers in the defense and intelligence, air traffic management, space, earth science and homeland defense markets. Fastabend joined the company in January 2011 and has also served as Exelis’ director of strategic planning and technology development. […] More

Deltek projects U.S. government spending on electronic health record systems and other health information technology platforms to reach almost $5 billion by 2019, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Angie Petty, a Deltek senior principal research analyst, writes that federal programs and rules for health data management could accelerate use of EHRs, telemedicine and HIT analytics or cloud tools across […] More

Saab‘s defense and security business will provide Raytheon with hardware and software development support for the latter firm’s Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar contract with the U.S. Air Force. Erik Smith, vice president and general manager of the Saab Defense and Security sensor systems segment, said Thursday that the company wants the technology supply contract to generate high-tech […] More

Curt Nothstine oversees all finance-related activities for Boeing‘s network and space systems business as the unit’s chief operating officer and vice president. He elevated to his current role in 2012 after two years of service as director of accounting in the aerospace company’s defense, space and security segment and is a former board member of Alsalam Airlines. […] More

General Dynamics is set to begin the low-rate initial production phase under a contract to build ground mobility vehicles for the U.S. Special Operations Command. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is contracted to build 72 vehicles through 2016 under the Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 program, which the company won in August 2013, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “We look forward to continuing this strong partnership […] More

Diana Gowen believes the telecommunications industry faces a challenge in getting both business and personnel to adjust to the market pivot toward cloud computing, managed services and other emerging technologies, she told FCW in an interview published Monday. Gowen, who retired in July as senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s public sector business, spoke with reporter Nick Wakeman about […] More

David Melcher, CEO of Exelis, has said the company applied previous spinoff experience in order to carry out the separation of its mission systems business in just nine months, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Melcher told WBJ reporter Jill Aitoro in a recent interview he expects the shareholder base of government services spinoff company […] More

John Roberti serves as vice president of government relations and strategy at Cubic Corp., a role he moved into after service as vice president of Washington operations for the company’s defense systems segment. Roberti, a retired Navy rear admiral, holds more than 30 years of experience in the defense sector and concluded his military career […] More

BAE Systems and Helsinki-based Patria have agreed to lodge a joint bid for the Land 400 Phase 2 Defence program, Australia’s future combat vehicle project. The anticipated Land 400 platform looks to upgrade the allied nation’s fleet of land armored vehicles to augment its national defense strategy, BAE said Monday. Under their teaming agreement, BAE […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the value of the electro-optical market will grow from $11.76 billion in 2014 to $14.03 billion in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 2.98 percent. The market research firm said Monday that growth is attributed to ongoing upgrade and replacement projects in the defense, homeland security and aerospace […] More

Bradley Feldmann elevated to the chief executive post at San Diego-based defense and transportation contractor at Cubic Corp. during the summer after a two-month transition period that saw him succeed William “Bill” Boyle. Feldmann first worked at the company between 1989 and 1999, then returned to Cubic in 2008 and has since led the defense systems segment and […] More

The U.S. Army could soon field a set of lightweight ground vehicles that would work equip a joint forcible entry mission as part of the service’s efforts to develop its expeditionary portfolio, Defense News reported Monday. Joe Gould writes that the Army eyes an air-droppable mobile protected firepower tank, an ultra-lightweight combat vehicle and light reconnaissance vehicle as potential […] More