Carlos Fernandes joined Salient Federal Solutions in January to serve as director of its Cyber Security Center of Excellence and develop and implement the Fairfax, Va.-based IT, training and engineering services contractor’s cybersecurity strategy. The former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Applications Officer had previously served as an adviser to Salient and brings more-than-21-years of information […] More

Donna Kludsikofsky, an employee at CenturyLink, has been honored by an agency of the Department of Defense for her work to support the Washington State National Guard and Reserve. The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented Kludsikofsky with the Patriot Award for her work with the DoD organizations. “The Patriot Award was created by ESGR to […] More

Alion Science and Technology has received a $17.7 million task order to help the U.S. Defense Department research and develop new systems intended to protect soldiers against improvised explosive devices. The company will also provide technology prototyping, engineering and scientific services to DoD under the IED countermeasures project, Alion said Tuesday. “The services we will […] More

A joint venture between Jacobs Engineering Group and HDR has been awarded a potential five-year, $60 million contract to provide engineering services to U.S. Navy facilities at various sites worldwide. The joint venture will work to restore, modernize and maintain the facilities and infrastructure of the U.S. Navy and Defense Department, Jacobs said Tuesday. Tom McDuffie, Jacobs group vice president, said the company will continue […] More

This is the first part of interview with Joe Kernan, vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2), on his company’s non-profit organization NS2 Serves, and its mission to train veterans in information technology and help them gain employment after service. To watch a video on the program that will air […] More

DLT Solutions posted full-year revenue of $857.1 million for fiscal 2013, up 4 percent from the year before. The company attributes this growth in part to its cloud computing and other information technology contracts with the National Institutes of Health, Defense Department and National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, DLT Solutions said Tuesday. “We were able to […] More

Tim Reardon serves as vice president and general manager of Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin‘s defense & intelligence solutions business units, a 15,000-employee organization. The 15-year Lockheed veteran was most recently the president of the information systems and global solutions-national unit and has previously served as the president of the former IS&GS-global unit and the enterprise integration group. Reardon, a 10-year CIA veteran, […] More

Deloitte will work to help Huntsville, Ala.-based small business LSINC compete for prime and subcontract awards under the Defense Department’s Mentor-Protege program. LSINC said Thursday it brings its woman-owned small business status, community connections and its engineering and manufacturing offerings to the partnership as the companies pursue federal and commercial projects in the U.S. “We […] More

Wayne Lewandowski serves as vice president of Vormetric‘s federal operations, where he works to drive growth with the company’s customers in the Defense, civilian and intelligence communities. Lewandowski has spent more-than-20-years working in the federal market with emerging integrators and technology companies, most recently helping establish virtualization and storage consulting company Plan B Government Systems‘ […] More

A study from Booz Allen Hamilton and the Government Business Council recommends government and industry align their expectations in order to meet the requirements of defense acquisition programs. The Booz Allen-backed study polled 340 federal and defense leaders to assess their views on military procurement and potential reform in the process, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Eighty-five […] More

Leidos will help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research and develop measures to counter weapons of mass destruction under a potential 10-year, $7 billion contract. The company said Thursday it will compete for task orders to perform work under the Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Research and Technology Development vehicle. DTRA seeks to acquire science and […] More

As an aviation services provider that rapidly deploys to austere and remote locations and operates under tight deadlines and great duress, SkyLink Aviation needs to stay at the forefront of aviation safety. “Aviation is an exacting science,” SkyLink CEO Dave Dacquino told ExecutiveBiz. “We fly in very unforgiving environments, so it is critical that we […] More