TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 27, 2019 — ECS has appointed Josh Salmanson, a former technology executive at NCI, Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), as chief architect and vice president of its business development and operations division, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 16.

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The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments announced on Tuesday that Bill Bodie was appointed director of development for the institute. “Bill comes to us with an impressive background in the foundation world, government and industry,” said Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, president and CEO of CSBA.

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Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Sudhakar Kesavan, chairman and CEO of ICF, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading ICF to great financial success and multiple contract awards in 2018. This marks the second Wash100 Award for Kesavan.  

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Parsons’ Polaris Alpha subsidiary has achieved the DevOps Competency certification from Amazon Web Services. The status seeks to recognize Parsons’ knowledge and experience in helping clients implement continuous integration and delivery, automation, infrastructure provisioning and other DevOps practices in the cloud, the company said Wednesday. Polaris Alpha has over 40 certifications related to cloud and supported efforts to […] More

Parsons‘ Polaris Alpha subsidiary has won a 2019 CSO50 Award from IDG Communications’ CSO magazine for its approach to corporate security operations. Polaris Alpha said Thursday its integrated network security group implemented and applied a standard model from the Defense Department and Defense Information Systems Agency to secure enterprise network. The team considers defense network as an ecosystem […] More

The Defense Intelligence Agency has approved four three-year partnership agreements under a program meant to encourage large contracting firms to guide smaller businesses in capability improvement efforts. Teams under the Mentor-Protege Program will focus on technological and application areas such as artificial intelligence, counterintelligence, analysis, mission support and organizational effectiveness, DIA said Tuesday. The Defense Department launched […] More

AECOM has secured one of six contracts worth up to $970 million in total to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency manage a partnership effort to reduce potential risks from weapons of mass destruction and related technology. John Vollmer, president of AECOM’S management services group and a three-time Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Wednesday […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has tested in Texas a remote video surveillance platform designed to support border security operations. General Dynamics Information Technology partnered with Parsons’ government services business to help the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection field six Relocatable-Remote Video Surveillance Systems in McAllen and Laredo, Texas, the company said […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight team line-ups for a software defined radio hackfest in November which will be held at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, California. DARPA said Monday that participants of the Bay Area Software Defined Radio Hackfest include members of the academia, industry and SDR enthusiast community who […] More

Charles Litz, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former program manager at Advanced Technology Systems Company, has joined management and technology consulting firm ARServices as director of research and development operations. ARServices said Tuesday Litz will lead the company’s efforts to grow its federal market footprint and oversee business relationships with government customers such as the Defense Threat […] More

Jim DiClementi, formerly vice president of business development at Leidos, has been named senior director of capture at Herndon, Virginia-based professional and technical services contractor Irving Burton Associates. DiClementi will lead IBA’s efforts to pursue indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and governmentwide acquisition contracts, IBA said Thursday. He has decades of experience in the areas of strategic planning, capture and […] More

Jannet Walker Ford, former vice president and North America director of strategic programs and policy at Parsons, will join Cubic‘s transportation systems business on March 6 as VP and general manager for the Eastern Region and Americas. “Jannet brings a wealth of expertise from the private and public sector focusing on transportation systems, and is known […] More