Linda Gooden, formerly an executive vice president at Lockheed Martin, has joined General Motors’ board of directors. Gooden served as president of Lockheed’s information technology division and oversaw integrated IT and cyber services for civil, defense, intelligence and other government clients, GM said Thursday. Tim Solso, GM chairman, said Gooden’s “background in the aerospace and defense industry provides […] More

Orbital ATK will provide aircraft modification services and logistics support for the Lebanese air force’s Cessna C-208B Caravan Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance fleet under a foreign military sale contract through the Defense Department. The company said Thursday the contract covers the addition of Hellfire missiles to provide the aircraft with strike functions. Bill Kasting, vice president and general manager of […] More

James Pyon is vice president for the cloud solutions and services practice at CGI Group‘s U.S. federal market subsidiary, a role he has held since he joined the company in August 2012. Pyon has worked to help CGI Federal obtain a provisional authority to operate certification for its cloud offerings under the Federal Risk Authorization […] More

Mara Motherway is the director of special projects at BAE Systems‘ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance segment and is responsible for the business’ corporate growth and future investments in ISR electronic systems. Before joining BAE Systems in October 2013, she served as principal strategic adviser to the Defense Intelligence Agency director on C-suite strategic engagement and the […] More

Paul Smith currently serves as vice president and general manager of Red Hat‘s public sector business, where he oversees consulting, sales and marketing, channels and strategic planning activities. He is responsible for the business that provides services in support of the U.S. federal government’s international programs and domestic programs for state and local governments and the education […] More

Raytheon expects to add as many as 250 positions through an expansion of the company’s systems modernization and sustainment facility in Indianapolis. The company said Monday it currently employs approximately 1,000 workers at the site to upgrade, engineer, install and maintain computer or weapon systems for military customers. “The work Raytheon does in Indianapolis supports some of the most […] More

A U.S.-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat has completed airborne testing of its L-band Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance service that works to provide up to 10 Mbps broadband data transmission rate. Inmarsat Government said Thursday public sector customers can use LAISR for applications such as unmanned aircraft systems, signals intelligence and synthetic aperture radar support as well as electro-optical and […] More

Susan Keys started the current chapter of her GovCon and information technology career last year when she took a vice president role at Avaya‘s federal business organization — Avaya Government Solutions. Her career includes stops at commercial and GovCon firms such as Cisco, Lockheed Martin, Oracle and more recently Riverbed Technology. Keys recently caught up with […] More

General Electric’s intelligent platforms business has obtained license to use Northrop Grumman’s air-flow-through cooling technology for military electronic module application. The air-flow-through cooling system incorporates a novel heat exchanger to protect electronic modules and isolates electronic parts from the cooling air using a central channel with heat fins, Northrop said Thursday. Tom Jones, vice president […] More

Raytheon has helped complete a demonstration of a backup-power microgrid system that it developed with partners Primus Power, Advanced Energy and the Energy Department‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The technology combines Raytheon’s Intelligent Power and Energy Management Microgrid Controller, Primus Power’s EnergyPod 706kVA powertrain and Advanced Energy’s 100kW solar inverters to support off-grid operation, Raytheon said Thursday. It stores high-penetration renewable […] More

In-Q-Tel has pumped cash into Voxel8‘s three-dimensional printing technology to assist the Somerville, Massachusetts-based company build on its product’s development. Voxel8 plans to commercialize the 3D technology comprised of various materials, printing hardware and intelligent software, In-Q-Tel said Thursday. “We are pleased to be partnering with Voxel8 to further develop its multimaterial 3D printing technology,” said […] More

The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems will continue to help the U.S. Air Force manage the service life cycle of aircraft, vehicles, machines and other systems and platforms under a three-year contract worth up to $37 million. BAE Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will provide its Web-enabled Advanced Component Obsolescence Management tool to predict the potential obsolescence of parts and identify where replacements […] More