Vernon Joyner, formerly technical director for the advanced mission solutions group at Dynetics, has joined Ensco as manager of the company’s national security solutions division, effective April 30. Ensco President Boris Nejikovsky said Thursday Joyner brings three decades of experience in system engineering, software development, organizational leadership and program management to the Falls Church, Virginia-based engineering firm. […] More

The research subsidiary of Vencore has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to develop cryptographic obfuscation techniques for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Vencore Labs will work with the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary to create program obfuscation methods designed to protect software from reverse engineering attacks under DARPA’s SafeWare program, Vencore said Friday. […] More

The Center for a New American Security has appointed nine executives from the defense, consulting and financial industries to the organization’s board of advisers. CNAS said Thursday that each appointee will serve a three-year term and aims to help inform the debate over U.S. national security issues. “Their engagement on key topics will be invaluable to furthering […] 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

Dirk van der Vaart serves as president of GardaWorld Government Services — the U.S. subsidiary of global security contractor GardaWorld. In this capacity, he oversees business development, customer engagement, corporate plan execution and marketing operations at the company. The two-decade intelligence and security market veteran previously served as vice president of business development at GLOBAL Integrated […] More

Lt. Gen. Robert Otto has touted the U.S. Air Force’s Open Mission Systems standard as performing well and so he said the service plans to expand the program, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Richard Whittle writes the Open Mission Systems standard is intended to adapt a cell phone application-based model to subcontracts as the service branch seeks […] More

A Transparency Market Research report says worldwide cyber weapons could grow into a $521.9 billion market, largely because of government organizations’ efforts to secure critical infrastructure assets. The market intelligence firm said Tuesday defense and intelligence agencies use cyber weapons to deal with adversaries who conduct espionage, data theft and information technology sabotage activities. Defense cyber weapons generated nearly […] More

Eric Rickard serves as vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton and head of Defense Department and intelligence cyber programs for the firm’s Strategic Innovation Group. Rickard helps oversee investments and the delivery of predictive intelligence and cyber defense services to clients. He previously served as a director of customer innovation at Raytheon and held a research and development […] More

New Research and Markets reports predict Asia-Pacific and North America to dominate the global markets for military radar, satellites and command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms over the next decade. Research and Markets said Monday spending on military radar tools in North America and Asia Pacific will account for at least 72 percent […] More

A new Research and Markets report indicates that the global military satellite market will climb in value from $5.7 billion this year to $9.7 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 5.47 percent. The company said June 30 North America will have the largest market share, with the U.S. anticipated to spend $38.4 billion on military […] More

Dirk van der Vaart took the role of president in April at GardaWorld Government Services — the U.S. subsidiary of global security services contractor Garda World. The 20-year defense and security market veteran’s background includes executive roles at GLOBAL Integrated Security and Raytheon, as well as service in the Coast Guard Reserve and intelligence community. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke […] More

Engility, Vencore, Maximus and Raytheon are among the 2015 winners of ACG National Capital‘s annual Corporate Growth Awards for mergers and acquisitions and other strategic corporate deals for companies with a presence in the Washington metropolitan area. “We want to congratulate this year’s winners for continuing their contributions to one of the largest, most successful economies in […] More