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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals on artificial intelligence-based architectures and approaches that could help developers ensure the integrity of open source software platforms designed to support Department of Defense infrastructure.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2021 — ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) appointed Joseph Cubba, formerly an IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive, as chief growth officer to oversee its profit, sales and revenue growth strategies, GovCon Wire reported March 2.
Andrew Rosenberger, a 25-year managed services and consulting sales veteran, has been named ServiceNow practice lead at Herndon, Virginia-based information technology company B3 Group.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2021 — The technical solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) elevated Chris Walton, Grant Hagen and Jaime Orlando from senior director roles to vice president ranks, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 25.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2021 — Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), told analysts in a conference call that the company's move to acquire Gibbs & Cox aims to add a pipeline of marine engineering and naval architecture services to the existing maritime business, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 24
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2021 — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will build and test fuel storage for the U.S. Navy's MK48 heavyweight torpedo system under a $120 million prime contract with a base performance period of 18 months, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 24.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2021 — Amentum will help the U.S. Navy Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons integrate and engineer systems for range facilities as part of a five-year, $43 million task order under the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 24.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2021 — Michael Thieme, a two-decade Novetta veteran, has elevated to senior vice president and chief technology officer with responsibility for the company's product development, research and development functions, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 19.
The Loyal Wingman, an unmanned aircraft Boeing developed for the Australian air force, took its first flight to demonstrate system functionality and design for crewed-uncrewed teaming missions. “We’re honored to be opening this part of aviation’s future with the Royal Australian Air Force, and we look forward to showing others how they also could benefit from our loyal wingman capabilities," said Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing's defense, space and security business and a 2021 Wash100 awardee.
CAE has agreed to buy the military training segment of L3Harris Technologies for approximately $1.05 billion in a strategy to access multiple programs aimed at preparing U.S. warfighters for aircraft and weapon system operations. Montreal-based CAE said Monday it expects to close the transaction in the second half of this year. Marc Parent, president and CEO of CAE, said the company aims to accelerate its growth strategy in the defense and security space through the acquisition and expand its U.S. market presence.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 1, 2021 — LexisNexis Risk Solutions merged with Accuity in a move to offer a suite of financial risk management and compliance tools in the public sector market, GovCon Wire reported Feb 17.
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential $174.2 million delivery order to provide upgrade kits for installation on the service branch's submarine fleet. The cost-plus, incentive-fee order has an initial value of nearly $47 million and falls under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.
