Dawne Hickton, head of critical mission solutions business at Jacobs and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the acquisition of KeyW “accelerated that cyber opportunity“ for Jacobs, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2020 “” Caesar Nieves, a government market veteran with two decades of business and technical leadership experience, joined Jacobs (NYSE: J) as senior vice president of the professional services provider's cyber business.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Dawne Hickton, chief operating officer and president of Jacobs“™ Aerospace, Technology and Nuclear (ATN) business, with her first Wash100 Award on Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting “GovCon“ industry, announced the 2020 winners of the highly coveted and prestigious Wash100 Award. The full list of winners and more information about the award can be found on Wash100.com. 

Jacobs has acquired The Buffalo Group, a provider of advanced cyber and intelligence solutions. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. "Defending our nation against adversarial threats is growing in complexity. The Buffalo Group's leading cyber and intelligence capabilities further strengthens our suite of national priority solutions across integrated multi-domain environments," said Jacobs chair and CEO Steve Demetriou. 

Maxar Technologies has seen growth in the number of customers subscribing to its line of cloud-based geospatial data products. The line includes EarthWatch, SecureWatch, GBDX and Spatial on Demand, the company said Thursday.