Scott Aken, formerly president of CACI International subsidiary Charon Technologies, was named CEO of Axellio, taking over Bill Miller, who will keep his chairmanship of the cybersecurity company’s board. Axellio said Monday Aken has decades-long experience in cybersecurity including a nine-year stint at Charon Technologies, where he drove its portfolio expansion with the addition of […] More

Tom Painter, former chief human capital officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been appointed vice president of human capital at Chantilly, Virginia-based security company System High. The three-decade public and private sector veteran will lead the development of System High’s strategy across its talent acquisition and performance and change management functions, the company said […] More

Anthony Lisuzzo, executive vice president for east coast operations at Shipcom Wireless, has been named to the advisory board of Manassas-Virginia-based radio frequency and microwave technology provider Ironwave Technologies.

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IntelliDyne has appointed Harry Bartel as chief operating officer, succeeding Ed Abner, who is due to retire from the Falls Church, Va.-based government information technology contractor this fall, the company said Thursday. 

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 17, 2019 — Beth Skoletsky, a human resource administration and management veteran, has joined Constellis to serve as its chief human resources officer, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 5.

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Sierra Nevada Corp. and Turkish Aerospace Industries have developed a trainer aircraft in order to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X program that seeks to replace the T-38 jet, Quwa reported Monday. Bilal Khan writes SNC and TAI established a Colorado-based subsidiary, Freedom Aircraft Ventures, to offer the Freedom Trainer aircraft. The Freedom Trainer jet will be equipped with […] More

PAE CEO John Heller has been appointed to the Kogod Advisory Council, which offers mentorship and professional advice to American University’s Kogod School of Business. Heller told KSB in an interview that he plans to prepare new graduates for employment by providing advice to the university on how it can help build up the hiring […] More

Devra Kelly, former manager of business development for Harris‘ SwitchPlusIP product line, has joined Global Technology Systems as director of public safety and government markets at the Framingham, Massachusetts-based power management technology manufacturer. GTS Chairman Larry Murray said in a statement released Friday that Kelly will work with first responder clients to help them adopt company-made products […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts the global airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market will hit a compound annual growth rate of 3.88 percent from 2017 through 2021. Research and Markets reported that many countries have started to augment their maritime security systems amid escalating possibilities of terrorist attacks through sea routes and illegal dealings […] More

Boeing and Saab have conducted the first flight test of a trainer aircraft the companies jointly developed for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X competition. Boeing said Tuesday lead T-X test pilot Steven Schmidt and Air Force chief pilot Dan Draeger flew the aircraft for approximately 55 minutes to demonstrate key aspects of the single-engine jet as […] More

Northrop Grumman has commenced a demonstration of a distributed network virtual training environment between two simulator platforms of Australia’s air force and the company’s test lab. Northrop said Tuesday the KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and C-17A Globemaster II simulators were utilized for the tests designed to determine operating standards required to meet standards similar to the U.S. Air Force […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts the software defined radio market to hit $29.12 billion by 2021 from $16.24 billion in 2016, or a compound annual growth rate of 12.39 percent. The report notes that the market will be driven by demand for advanced communication systems as organizations seek to retire old equipment, network […] More