The Northern Virginia Technology Council has appointed to its board of directors five senior executives from government technology contractors. Mark Keeler, acting president of intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems, is one of the five new members of NVTC’s board, the council said Tuesday. Keeler previously served as head of the I&S sector’s integrated electronics and warfare […] More

Technical and Project Engineering has received a potential three-year, $45 million contract to continue provision of training resource modeling services to the U.S. Army. TAPE said Tuesday it will develop and distribute training resources across Army components that include the National Guard, reserve units, Forces Command, Special Operations Command and the Training and Doctrine Command. The company will also […] More

The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More

BAE Systems PLC plans to start manufacturing anti-submarine warfare ships for the U.K. navy in 2017 after the conclusion of final contract negotiations with Britain’s defense ministry. The company said Friday Britain hascommitted to eight Type 26 Global Combat Ships to replace Type 23 frigates in the “2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review” and the country has invested $2.4 billion in […] More

A partnership between Australia’s defense department, shipbuilding company ASC and Raytheon‘s Australian subsidiary has completed phase one trials for the first of the country’s three Hobart-class destroyers, The Lead South Australia reported Monday. Caleb Radford writes the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance performed the HMAS Hobart  builder’s sea trials off the coast of South Australia to evaluate the ship’s hull, propulsion and navigation systems. AWD Alliance General Manager […] More

Three Wire Systems has appointed Kitty Nix, a former director at Serco‘s North American subsidiary, as senior vice president of strategy and development and named Phil De-Bodene, former vice president of business development at Calibre Systems, as SVP of BD. Nix and De-Bodene will be responsible for helping develop and implement Three Wire’s business development and growth initiatives in the government consulting market, […] More

Michelle Caylor, a Calibre Systems veteran, has joined MTSI as the director of human resources. Caylor brings more than 15 years of background in human resource management to MTSI, the company said Friday. She was previously Calibre’s vice president of workforce development and VP of human resources. More

Former DynCorp International CEO Paul Lombardi and Stan Soloway, the departing president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, have been inducted into the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Hall of Fame. Other winning executives and companies at the 13th Annual Greater Washington GovCon Awards were named in a ceremony held Thursday. The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and Professional […] More

The Professional Services Council and Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce have named the finalists for government contracting vendor and executive honors at the 13th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Nov. 5. PSC said Thursday the awards recognize the leadership, commitment and innovation of businesses and leaders in the Washington metropolitan area’s government contracting community. “Each year we are privileged […] More

Ellen Glover, an executive vice president at ICF International, has been reappointed chairwoman of the board of directors of the Professional Services Council. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture Federal Services, and Kathleen Flanagan, president and CEO of Abt Associates, were respectively re-elected as vice chair and secretary, PSC said Thursday. Twelve executives from […] More

Joseph A. Martore, CALIBRE Systems Inc. president and chief executive officer, has been elected to join the board of directors of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. Martore’s appointment builds on the company’s relationship with the chamber since 2005, CALIBRE said Friday. “The opportunity to serve on the Chamber’s Board is an honor and I […] More

Doug Pasko has joined the board of advisors of Q Factor. where he will work with the board’s technical advisors as the company gets ready to launch its first products in the marketplace in early 2014. Pasko currently serves as a director in the network and technology organization of Verizon, Q Factor announced Monday. “We […] More