Melissa Chapman, a former chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Springfield, Virginia-based information technology services company Information Innovators Inc. as new vice president of the business development and capture unit. Chapman joined the company in May and has since led its HHS market growth strategy through subject matter and technical […] More

Diane Murray transitioned into the role of federal civilian sector leader at consulting services contractor Deloitte earlier this year as the next step in her respective 18-year information technology and professional consulting careers. The firm also cited Murray’s background in areas such as IT governance and program management, business intelligence and data management upon the announcement of her new position at […] More

Kay Kapoor, president of government solutions business at AT&T, has been included in FedScoop’s list of D.C.’s Top 50 Women in Technology for 2016 in recognition of her work in the federal information technology sector, FedScoop reported Thursday. Kapoor told FedScoop in an interview that women should pursue a career in the field of science, […] More

 TechNavio released a new report in February on global military manpack and vehicular radio systems that includes the research firm’s list of the top five vendors in the field and other prominent companies. The Global Military Manpack and Vehicular Radios Market 2016-2020 report named Barrett Communications, Finmeccanica, Harris, Radmor and Thales as the five key vendors in the market while Codan, Elbit Systems, […] More

  The government contracting industry experienced a robust period of mergers and acquisitions that reshaped its composition in 2015 and continued executive transitions between companies. As companies merge and new identities enter the market, some businesses face a challenge to fill vacant leadership positions. From time to time, GovCon firms of all shape and sizes […] More

Lou Von Thaer began a new phase of his nearly three-decade GovCon career in Summer 2015 when McLean, Virginia-based DynCorp International appointed him to the chief executive post. He joined DynCorp from a two-year stint at Leidos as national security sector president, which was preceded by a decade at General Dynamics as head of the advanced information systems unit. […] More

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has elected leaders from industry and academia as new members of its board of directors and board of advisers. The six new directors will oversee INSA’s strategic planning and operations over a two-year term while the nine new advisers will each serve a term of one year, INSA said […] More

SkyLink Aviation has appointed Rima Saleh as president and Philip Hampson as executive chairman to take over the positions vacated by David Dacquino, who will transition out as the company’s president and CEO, SkyLink said in a press release Tuesday. GovCon Wire reported Thursday Dacquino will join Serco Inc. as senior vice president of the defense services business unit. […] More

Research and Markets has launched findings of its report that sets the compound annual growth rate of the global man-portable military electronics market at 4.51 percent from 2014 to 2019. The report features an analysis of five tier-one market vendors and presents factors that Research and Markets believes will drive the market over the forecast […] More

Parsons has presented a battlefield cross replica statue to the Huntsville Madison County Veterans Memorial in Alabama. Parsons donated the bronze replica statue during a ceremony held on Veterans Day at the memorial park, the company said Thursday. “Parsons welcomes this opportunity to honor those who have fallen in battle while serving our country,” said Mary […] More

Aerospace company Aurora Flight Sciences and additive manufacturing firm Stratasys have designed and built a high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle using 3-D printing technology. Stratasys said Monday the UAV can fly faster than 150 miles per hour and is made of lightweight materials. Scott Sevcik, aerospace and defense senior business development manager for vertical solutions at Stratasys, noted […] More

A new Technavio report predicts the global military electro-optical and infrared systems market will grow 6.07 percent year over year from 2015 through 2019. The report finds that the market will be buoyed by the increasing demand for vetronics and the rise of InGaAs detector systems, Technavio said Sept. 3. The market will also face […] More