Exelis will continue to provide technology development support to Leidos for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program as part of a potential $15.6 million subcontract. Exelis said Wednesday it will integrate its electronic warfare hardware with Leidos’ software-based algorithms and demonstrate counter-radar functions in a loop test environment. “The work we’re doing […] More

Doreen Harwood, formerly a program executive officer at the U.S. National Security Agency, has joined Leidos as manager of assurance, integration and manufacturing operations within the integrated systems group. The more than 35-year federal government veteran will lead the organization that provides system integration and deployment, agile development, adaptive manufacturing and cyberspace services in the […] More

SRA International has partnered with MicroPact to develop business process management software for federal government agencies. SRA’s software engineers will deploy BPM and case management services to clients via MicroPact’s entellitrak platform and use SRA’s Agile for Gov framework, MicroPact said Monday. Kris Collo, CEO and founder of MicroPact, said the companies intend to help agencies […] More

With the Sony breach still in the forefront of many minds, the threat of cyber attacks and the methods agencies have to thwart them are high on the agendas of leaders in the GovCon arena. ExecutiveBiz spoke with Microsoft executives Scott Price, general manager of the national security group and Pat Arnold, managing architect for cyber, to discuss cybersecurity in federal […] More

Greg Wenzel, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, is one of several company leaders for the firm’s organization focused on new ideas and concepts related to technology — the Strategic Innovation Group. In a January 2014 interview with ExecutiveBiz, Wenzel overviewed the firm’s push to help its public sector partners adopt an enterprise approach for C4ISR and apply data […] More

Robin Portman oversees business development function at Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of a BD organization that seeks to understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Portman […] More

Three Wire Systems has acquired a so-called “AIS Cage” or hardware hosting site at the San Diego-based AIS Data Center from DefenseWeb Technologies as Three Wire aims to support applications in an accredited IT environment. The company said Thursday the acquisition is part of its efforts to expand its application development and delivery services. It will work with its […] More

Garrett Pagon serves as president and co-founder of OGSystems, where he leads the company’s engineering and business development efforts. Pagon also leads OGS’ agile development and cloud computing programs and the firm credits him for work to secure contract awards from the Defense Intelligence Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, among other agencies. He served as a principal engineer of system architecture for […] More

Mercedes Westcott leads the public sector business at software development company Cloudera in her vice president role there. Her GovCon career includes stops at Delphix as that company’s public sector VP and VP of security software at HP Enterprise Services, which she joined upon that company’s buy of ArcSight. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Westcott discusses the adoption […] More

Pragmatics has received a more than $10 million task order to provide support services for the Special Operations Forces’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. The company will work to develop, integrate, operate and maintain activities to support SOF’s program for critical functionality, Pragmatics said Wednesday. “We will develop and manage the technologies needed to meet DCGS-SOF’s evolving […] More

Orbital Sciences Chairman, President and CEO David Thompson said the company plans to remain true to its mission of lowering costs to access outer space after completing its estimated $5 billion merger with ATK, the Washington Post reported Monday. “From a strategic standpoint, this merger will create a much larger and more capable but still highly innovative, agile […] More

CRGT will act as a mentor to two small businesses in the big data, cybersecurity and agile development industries – Novel Applications of Vital Information and EnProVera. CRGT will work with Novel Applications and EnProVera through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Mentor-Protege program, CRGT said Tuesday. “CRGT embraces our small business partners and considers these two firms as […] More