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

John Thomas, formerly executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Leidos, has joined SOS International’s board of advisers. He most recently oversaw Leidos’ corporate strategy, communications, mergers and acquisitions and government and legislative affairs, SOS International said Monday. Julian Setian, president and CEO of SOS International, said Thomas’ U.S. intelligence community background “will help […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has received a Raytheon-built sonar system for integration with the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Raytheon said Wednesday it handed the Modular Scalable Sonar System to DARPA as part of a subcontract it won from Leidos. MS3 is an open architecture-based platform designed to perform torpedo warning, search-and-tracking and small-object […] More

Michael Niggel and his partners started Advanced Concepts and Technologies International — or ACT I — in 1998 with an initial division dedicated to foreign military sales. The Arlington, Virginia-based government services contractor now has five divisions that provide acquisition and program management support services to U.S and international defense agencies for programs such as the F-35 Joint […] More

A Visiongain study, released by ReportLinker, forecasts global revenue from border security platforms and services will be approximately $16.4 billion this year. The 364-page market research report examines key factors that Visiongain believes can affect worldwide, regional and national spending on products designed to help authorities monitor cross-border activities, ReportLinker said Wednesday. Visiongain categorized the […] More

Orion Health will provide an interoperability and information exchange platform for implementation across the Military Health System for the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program at the Defense Department. The company’s Rhapsody Integration Engine works to facilitate interoperability between DoD’s EHR platform and civilian centers that provide healthcare services to uniformed personnel, the company said Monday. Orion Health is part of […] More

A Parsons-led team has been awarded a task order of an undisclosed value to help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency engineer and integrate a weapon system against ballistic missile threats. Parsons said Thursday it will also provide architecture and technical baseline development, testing and verification services for the agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. “Our team […] More

Marjorie Bailey is an executive vice president and the chief human resources officer at CACI International and brings more than 20 years of HR management experience to her position. She oversees all aspects of the company’s employee and leadership development and talent management programs. Bailey also held a similar role at the health and engineering […] More

Parsons has won a task order to provide engineering support services for the Missile Defense Agency as it works to develop a defense system against ballistic missiles. The company said Tuesday it will perform work in Dahlgren, Virginia; Huntsville, Alabama; and the National Capital Region through Aug. 29, 2016. “Parsons is pleased to be selected […] More

Stu Shea, formerly president and chief operating officer at Leidos, has joined the board of trustees at nonprofit scientific research company Riverside Research. Riverside Research said Friday it appointed Shea for his close-to three decades of experience at technology-focused government contractors in background in strategy and business development. “I am honored to be part of a company that […] More

AtHoc has been awarded a two-year contract extension to continue to provide unified mass notification systems for U.S. Army installations worldwide as part of the Leidos-led Emergency Management Modernization Program. Under the contract, the military branch will continue to use AtHoc’s IWSAlerts platforms to send crisis information and emergency alerts to servicemen and their families stationed […] More

Chris Alexander oversees Parsons’ efforts to pursue potential opportunities in the public sector market as executive vice president and director of global business development for the company’s government services segment. The 12-year company veteran was promoted to the global BD leadership role in 2013 and managed business development functions for the segment’s national security and defense division prior to […] More