CGI is launching a Canadian defense, public safety and intelligence unit based on similar efforts in the U.S. With more than 7,500 specialists around the world, CGI will offer services such as advanced analytics, biometrics and cybersecurity, operational logistics, systems engineering and training. The new business unit will be based in Ottawa and will serve [...]
David Kier was named Arete Associates president and CEO in 2009 and has served as chairman of the company’s board of directors since 2004. Previously, Kier was vice president for Lockheed Martin’s force protection activities. In that role, he was responsible for establishing programmatic strategy to support the Missile Defense Agency. Kier was a public [...]
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has recently announced it has received a contract award to provide specialized equipment and products as part of a intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. The $10 million contract requires Kratos to produce specialized equipment and products at one of the firm’s facilities over the next 12 months. Kratos President and [...]
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has announced his resignation effective May 28, 2010. Blair will step down after serving 16 months as the nation’s highest Intelligence Community executive. “I have had no greater honor or pleasure than to lead the remarkably talented and patriotic men and women of the Intelligence Community,” Blair said. “Every [...]
It’s been less than a year since Six3 Systems, a company focused on acquiring government services providers with a focus on national security, got off the ground. But the company already has its second acquisition in the works. In partnership with the private equity firm GTCR, Six3 Systems has just announced a definitive agreement to [...]
