Jennifer Smith serves as senior vice president of corporate development at SAIC, where she is responsible for coordinating the company’s enterprise strategy & development and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to her current role, she served as SAIC’s senior vice president of strategic business development for the global markets and missions sector and senior vice president […] More

Tim Conway serves as president of the public sector at NTT DATA, where he oversees the company’s business in the U.S. that works with agencies at the federal, state and local government levels. He served as EVP of the public sector business at Keane prior to that company’s acquisition by NTT DATA in 2011. His 23-year public sector career […] More

Judy Smith serves as vice president of business development for the information systems division of Exelis. She is responsible for identifying and qualifying new business opportunities and ensuring strategic alignment with the business portfolio and financial objectives. The 30-year management, advisory and leadership veteran collaborates with the Exelis executive team to develop, maintain and execute strategic business […] More

A MicroMarket Monitor report forecasts the North American security and surveillance radar market to be worth up to $2.03 billion in 2019, a compound annual growth rate of 4.64 percent over the next five years. The market research firm said Sunday that the region would keep its status as the top spender on security and surveillance radar systems, […] More

Seven research teams have received $3.3 million in total funding to develop technologies for sustaining and operating the state of New York’s electric grid. The recipients submitted proposals demonstrating the performance and resiliency of the electric power delivery system in New York before they obtained the awards, the NYC Press Office said Wednesday. “These projects […] More

The government of the Philippines has requested to buy $61 million in C-130T transport planes and related equipment through a U.S. Defense Department-run foreign military sale program. The Philippines’ air force is interested in acquiring two Lockheed Martin-made C-130s from DoD’s existing stock, The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. According to DSCA, the Philippine […] More

Corporate Counsel has released a report that indicates salaries for general counsel increased by $701,001 in 2013, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Catherine Ho writes the pay hike is a gain of 6.8 percent compared to a 7.4 percent year-over-year increase in 2012. Corporate Counsel surveyed the pay packages of 100 highest-paid legal officers last year […] More

ATK and the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau have partnered for base configurations of the medium AC-295 gunships for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Two lightweight gunships were recently delivered based on the Airbus CN-235 transport aircraft model to Jordan, said ATK. “We are extending the Kingdom’s investment in the AC-235 through the […] More

BAE Systems has kicked off a series of simulation-based tests on F-35 and Typhoon aircraft that the U.K.’s military will start to operate in 2018. An E3D Sentry crew worked to send datalink-transmitted tasks for the F-35 aircraft to engage ground targets and for the Typhoons to destroy air threats as part of the exercise, said Monday. Tony Hall, […] More

Raytheon will manufacture 84 command post terminals for the U.S. Air Force to use advanced-extremely high-frequency satellite communications, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Stew Magnuson writes that Raytheon will build the service’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals under a $298 million contract. The A-EHF satcom constellation is built to avoid jamming and secure military communications in […] More

Bill Sullivan is Informatica’s vice president and general manager for North American public sector, with responsibility for federal government and K-12 education customer relations. Sullivan reports to North America Senior VP Frank Fallon and works to grow Informatica’s public sector footprint in the U.S. He has helped the company sell and implement its healthcare information exchanges […] More

Northrop Grumman and Boeing have sent their responses to a U.S. Air Force notice that seeks a vendor to build the branch’s next set of GPS satellites under a potential $200 million contract, Space News reported Thursday. Mike Gruss writes the Air Force’s acquisition arm released a solicitation in search of interested vendors to develop the next batch of GPS III satellites and […] More