The U.S. Navy has announced it will commission the guided-missile destroyer to be named USS Ralph Johnson on March 14, at Columbus Street Pier, Charleston, South Carolina. Georgeann McRaven, wife of retired Adm. Bill McRaven, will order the destroyer to service as the ship’s sponsor; while U.S. Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller will provide the commissioning’s principal address, […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Neil Albert, president of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, about his company’s role providing acquisition services and information technology modernization to federal agencies. “Cybersecurity is probably the most important area that the private sector can help … With more private sector-friendly contracting vehicles out there, like Other Transaction Agreements, I think […] More

Debra Lehman, a 35-year government contracting veteran, has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as vice president of business development and program manager for the company’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract. She will lead ACT I’s efforts to identify, qualify and pursue business opportunities with the U.S. Navy and federal civilian agencies through the […] More

Dakota Consulting Inc. has won a five-year, $34 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Headquarters Air Force Material Command’s directorate of logistics, civil engineering and force protection. The company said June 30 it will work with partners MCR Federal, Morgan Borszcz Consulting, Quantech Services and Enterprise Ventures to support the A4 […] More

Buchanan & Edwards has won a potential three-year, $19.5 million  contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and implement an offline client technology for a recruiting information support system for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Arlington, Virginia-based company will also manage the client technology to help Marine Corps recruiters perform their job, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

General Dynamics has selected Kongsberg to produce remotely controlled weapon stations for the Stryker vehicles General Dynamics built for the U.S. Army. Kongsberg will deliver its Protector medium-caliber remote weapon station to General Dynamics’ land systems business as part of the agreement, Kongsberg said Monday. “[We] are honored to support U.S. Army and General Dynamics land […] More

Kevin Boyle serves as general counsel for Alion Science and Technology, where he supports corporate governance and ethics programs as well as the company’s strategic growth initiatives. He joined the company in January 2014 after two years of work in a similar role at MCR. Boyle oversaw the establishment of MCR’s first legal department and […] 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

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded HumanTouch a contract to help USMC develop a new framework for implementing information technology systems to manage recruitment of potential service members. HumanTouch said Wednesday it will create an IT execution roadmap for the Marine Corps Recruiting Command to leverage the Next Generation Enterprise Network, Marine Corps Enterprise Information […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More