Paul Donahue, chief operating officer of security and mission support company Constellis, has been appointed to the  Washington D.C. Police Foundation's board of directors. He brings 25 years of industry experience to the foundation, which helps the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. implement policy initiatives and expand public safety awareness, Constellis said Wednesday.

More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen 11 global teams to compete for more than $3.5M in prizes through demonstration of technology platforms in physical and virtual tunnel operations during the first leg of the Subterranean Challenge.

More

Richard Cody, senior vice president of L3 Technologies‘ Washington operations, will retire from his role after a 10-year career at the company. He concurrently chaired the military electronics producer’s political action committee and previously served as the U.S. Army‘s vice chief of staff for four years, L3 said Monday. Christopher Kubasik, L3’s president and chief executive […] More

“At the end of the day, it’s all about delivering the right solutions and technologies to help our customers achieve mission success.” At the recently-held Border Security Expo 2018 in San Antonio, Texas, industry leaders, partners, sponsors and business professionals came together to stoke coals in addressing how transnational criminal organizations are redefining our nation’s […] More

Judy Marks, CEO of Siemens‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been appointed as chair of the board of directors at the company’s philanthropic arm. She will lead the Siemens Foundation board as it works to help develop future scientists and engineers as well as sustain a workforce focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the foundation said Tuesday. “Not only does [Marks] bring vast experience […] More

Federal technology services contractor INADEV Corp. has appointed Jana Richards Taylor, former business development vice president at Tribalco, to the same role with responsibility over work to create and establish strategic public sector market BD initiatives. McLean, Virginia-based INADEV said Friday it sought Taylor for her knowledge of small business’ role in the economy and how socio-economic factors affect both acquisition strategies and […] More

United Technologies Corp. has named Gregory Hayes, company president and CEO, to succeed Edward Kangas as the chairman of the board of directors, effective immediately. UTC said Wednesday Hayes, who has worked with UTC for nearly 30 years, will hold the chairman, president and CEO positions concurrently. “Greg Hayes has demonstrated strong performance in leading the company,” said Kangas. “He has […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. affiliate CTC Foundation will work with the Wings for Val Foundation to create “smart” challenge coins to encourage students to complete acts of service in honor of fallen servicemen and women. CTC Foundation said Tuesday it has provided funds for the challenge coin project to help Wings for Val develop a system where coins are linked to individual webpages that students can access to enter their […] More

A Concurrent Technologies affiliate and Varley Group of Australia’s U.S. subsidiary have jointly released new defense and aerospace offerings for military customers. Varley USA and Enterprise Ventures Corp. collaborated to develop the new catalogue of products and services following a strategic partnership inked between Varley USA and CTC in May, Varley said Monday. The partnership […] More

The Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Chamber of Commerce in Pennsylvania will hold the 25th Annual Showcase for Commerce from May 27 to 29 to exhibit new defense technologies and discuss current government contracting trends. Attendees will have an opportunity to connect with government officials and acquisition leaders, defense contractors and subcontractors, as well as potential business partners, the chamber said […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has given provisional authorization to 23 commercial cloud service offerings for the hosting of Defense Department data at Impact Level 2, which covers noncontrolled unclassified information. DISA said Monday the offerings comply with the moderate baseline of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). “The granting of these provisional authorizations is an important […] More

Bill Sullivan leads Informatica‘s public sector business in North America as vice president and general manager. Sullivan’s more than two-decade career includes stops at Lockheed Martin, where he led that company’s Savi Technology business, and a VP and GM role for North American state and local markets at PeopleSoft, which was acquired by Oracle. In this conversation with […] More