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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.
Jack Keane, a retired four-star U.S. Army general, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony held Tuesday at the White House. "I could not have imagined that I would stay so involved in national security and foreign policy,"Â Keane said. "My motivation is pretty simple: Do whatever I can, even in a small way, to keep America and the American people safe."
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 2, 2020 — ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has been eyeing a demand for digital transformation and cybersecurity offerings in the government as an opportunity to further grow contracting work, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 24.
McAleese & Associates will host its 11th conference on defense programs, March 4, at the Atrium Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Click here to register and view the list of confirmed speakers.
NASA and United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business are gearing up for the final phase of a joint project to build a data link technology designed to support unmanned aircraft system management operations in national airspace. Collins Aerospace said Thursday it has helped finance command non-payload control waveform development efforts and developed radio prototypes that could operate with CNPC during flight tests as part of a nine-year project.
ImmixGroup and its parent company, Arrow Electronics, can now offer a range of information technology products to state, local and education customers through a contract vehicle managed by a public sector-focused cooperative purchasing organization.
Todd Gustafson, president of HP's federal arm, has said government organizations need to recognize security issues in endpoint devices that are connected to a mobile federal workforce and implement protective measures to avoid a cyberattack. "Whatever approach an organization takes, it must accept the need for change and embrace the idea that every technology decision is a security decision," Gustafson wrote in a FedTech guest piece.
The Space Force seeks to ensure global connectivity for U.S. warfighter communications through the development of an integrated technology that could support both commercial and military satellite systems, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
CenturyLink is on the lookout for opportunities to help more federal agencies transform network infrastructure assets through the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle. "We're still waiting for some fairly large agencies to release what they're going to do from an EIS perspective," David Young, senior vice president of CenturyLink's public sector business and two-time Wash100 awardee, told FedScoop in an interview.
John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and five-time Wash100 inductee, has said the company is looking to update its technology platforms and combine these with multiple services that are intended to help government and commercial customers address missions, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
Larry Zmuda, a former assistant vice president at Sutherland Global Services' government subsidiary, has joined NuAxis Innovations as director of capture for the health sector.
Kenneth Possenriede, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lockheed Martin, has said the company remains on track to deliver 140 F-35 jets this year and aims to increase its fighter aircraft deliveries each year, FlightGlobal reported Friday. He forecasts the number of F-35s Lockheed builds for military customers could reach 180 in 2024.
