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Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has joined the board of directors of the National Defense Industrial Association. CTC said Tuesday Sheehan is one of the 16 newly elected board members at NDIA. Richard McConn, board chairman of NDIA, said Sheehan’s experience in manufacturing and professional services sectors will help the association carry […] More
Perspecta has secured a potential five-year, $40M contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention address public health threats with the use of spatial data analysis and communication tools. The company said Tuesday it will combine geospatial statistics, epidemiology and environmental models with information technology methods in efforts to analyze location and health data […] More
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International CEO Michael Niggel and Chief Financial Officer Mark Hughes attended the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, Calif., to share their insights on national security and policy matters. ACT I helped sponsor the event that took place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1 and brought together defense industry and government representatives, […] More
AECOM has secured the No. 1 spot in Viqtory’s ranking of supplier diversity programs for 2019. The global infrastructure company said Monday it earned the distinction based on data such as supplier support and developments, goals and outcomes, personnel and infrastructure, and processes and controls. “Veteran-owned businesses are a vital part of our supplier diversity program and we’re proud […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat Government has said leaders at the Department of Defense must incorporate procurement and funding for operations and maintenance into the Future Years Defense Program to streamline the acquisition of commercial satellite communications capabilities as part of the integrated architecture. “This kind of strategic planning will lay a foundation of optimal satcom acquisition – the continuation […] More
David Young, senior vice president of strategic government group at CenturyLink, told Federal News Network in an interview published Monday about the potential advantage to carriers and agencies of the move to extend the transition timeline for the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. The decision makes the EIS program “more feasible and not rushed because when things […] More
Iridium Communications has announced that the launch of the eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled on Jan. 7, SpaceNews reported Friday. The new schedule sought to provide SpaceX more time to accommodate Spaceflight Industries’ SmallSat Express rideshare mission, which took off on Monday, Dec. 3. Iridium CEO Matt Desch said in a […] More
Nazzic Keene, chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corp., has been named COO of the Year by the Washington Business Journal at the recent 2018 CEO of the Year and C-Suite Awards. The event recognizes the leadership and performance of CEO and other C-level executives in the region as well as nonprofit executive directors […] More
Engility CEO Lynn Dugle has accepted the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Business Journal in recognition of her more than three decades of contributions to the defense and aerospace industry. Dugle received the recognition on Thursday, Dec. 6, during an awards ceremony held in Washington, D.C., the company said Friday. Dugle’s “extensive career and bold […] More
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said agencies should initiate efforts to hire and retain a stable pool of cybersecurity professionals and one of those measures is to establish a cyber “National Guard.†Trexler wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that the National Guard initiative would provide agencies with […] More
Engility CEO Lynn Dugle told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday about how government contractors could help address threats from adversaries who have made advances in artificial intelligence and other technology areas. “We really do have to systematically and very quickly revolutionize the business models for service offerings,†Dugle said. She said she considers […] More
Perspecta will continue to help the U.S. Army develop and integrate tools for the U.S. Army‘s human resource system under a potential $23.5M contract. The follow-on contract has a base period of 10.5 months and includes security and exercise operations, risk management, network engineering, application portfolio and asset management and service desk support. Mac Curtis, president […] More
