Ronald Spoehel, a former chief financial officer at NASA, has been elected as chairman of the board of directors of hydraulic fracturing technology manufacturer RocketFrac Services. RocketFrac said Tuesday Spoehel brings more than 35 years of executive and general management experience in the energy and technology sectors to his new role. He served as founder and […] More

A Govini report predicts competition for information technology contracts across the Defense Department and service branches to increase in 2017 as $210 billion worth of DoD contracts approach expiration in the coming year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Frank Konkel writes the analytics firm also estimates bids for each expiring IT contract to increase to an average of […] More

SOS International has named Stephen Iwicki, a former vice president at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, as the new intelligence solutions group vice president following the appointment of Robert Billeaud as senior vice president for operations. SOSi said Tuesday Iwicki will be in charge of a company business unit that holds a potential $150 million contract to support U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan. “He brings […] More

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has added five new members to its executive committee that includes former senior government officials and senior executives from the private sector. INSA said Wednesday it welcomed the five subject matter experts and senior-level executives to advise the organization’s leaders on prospective research initiatives, membership activities, events and strategic planning […] More

Many government contracting executives and federal agency leaders have publicly stated that rapid changes in technology are putting pressure on both the public and private sectors to keep pace with new tools as they enter market. Both contractors and agencies are also seeking to stay conscious of how innovative products might disrupt how they do business and […] More

THOMAS GARDNER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER JACOBS MISSION SOLUTIONS Thomas A. (“Tommy”) Gardner, Jr., is the chief technology officer at Jacobs Mission Solutions and is responsible for focusing on data science and systems integration in government markets.  Prior to his current position, he served as the chief technology officer at Scitor and at ManTech International. ExecutiveBiz: […] More

Lou Addeo, former executive vice president of corporate development and strategic acquisitions at ManTech International, has been appointed to the advisory board at logistics services contractor Sterling Global Operations. Addeo will directly collaborate with Alan Weakley, president and chief operating officer of SGO, and will serve as an adviser on the company’s growth initiatives, SGO […] More

Michael Cosgrave serves as senior vice president of cyber and intelligence solutions at CACI International, where he manages an organization that provides cyber mission support to clients in the federal civilian, defense and intelligence markets. Cosgrave joined CACI in July 2015 after he spent more than three years as a director at Six3 Systems. He also […] More

Dirk van der Vaart serves as president of GardaWorld Government Services — the U.S. subsidiary of global security contractor GardaWorld. In this capacity, he oversees business development, customer engagement, corporate plan execution and marketing operations at the company. The two-decade intelligence and security market veteran previously served as vice president of business development at GLOBAL Integrated […] More

New Research and Markets reports predict Asia-Pacific and North America to dominate the global markets for military radar, satellites and command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms over the next decade. Research and Markets said Monday spending on military radar tools in North America and Asia Pacific will account for at least 72 percent […] More

Michael Kushin serves as executive vice president of the national and cyber solutions business group at CACI International. He brings more than two decades of mission application creation, digital signal processing and cyber intelligence experience to his role at the information technology and services firm. Before CACI, he served for nearly five years as EVP […] More

The gap between the market values of commercial aerospace and defense and government services companies narrowed during 2015’s second quarter, according to a Bluestone Capital Partners report. The investment banking firm said it found the number of government services transactions rose 28 percent year-to-date and an improvement in public company valuations helped drive initial public […] More