What do two U.S. Air Force officers do upon retirement? If you“™re Phil Soucy and Tom McMahan, you start your own company. Combining their vast experience in stealth technology, low observables “” aircraft like the B-2 and F-117 “”  and systems engineering, the two launched Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., in 1993. Sixteen years later, the […] More

After just seven more missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle will retire without a replacement.  Ex-Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, chair of the United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee review, has published his committee’s findings, and NASA’s budgetary future looks bleak. Augustine told PBS “the human space flight program really isn’t executable with […] More

Last week, Northrop Grumman stole the show at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's conference and exhibition in Washington D.C., the largest event of its kind.  The company’s scope of offerings in unmanned vehicles is so great that E.J. “Gene“ Fraser, a VP in the company's strike and surveillance systems division, gave an overview of the company's […] More

Intelligent Decisions, Inc. has announced that Mitch Jukanovich has been appointed Director of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security Programs . In this capacity, Mr. Jukanovich will leverage ID’s current Federal and commercial customers across all of ID’s core capabilities. He will lead a proactive and aggressive drive to secure additional prime contracts and increase the […] More

Since the new administration took office in January of this year, an emerging trend of large government contractors acquiring cybersecurity firms has come to light. In case you missed it, here is a quick recap of top cyber firm acquisitions over the last few months.  April: Harris Corporation acquires Chantilly, Virginia-based Crucial Security, Inc. Crucial Security Inc. sells offensive […] More

Change of administration is always a challenging time for government contracting as the markets realign in anticipation of where spending will flow and how to best position for the upcoming priorities. The Obama administration change is no exception with Military shifting from hard resources to soft, traditional defense firms shifting from projecting physical space to […] More

In the years he was in government, Michael Chertoff dealt with “every kind of crisis and emergency known to man“ “” his words. That“™s no exaggeration. First came Sept. 11, then Enron, then Katrina. Those experiences left Chertoff with two key lessons about national security “” and the former Secretary of Homeland Security shared them […] More

On Monday, Boeing announced that it had signed a deal to buy Fairfax-based eXMeritus, a producer of secure information sharing hardware and software.  This builds on last years’ purchases of Digital Receiver Technology, Ravenwing and Kestrel Enterprises.  Also, on June 9 Boeing Intelligence and Security Systems (I&SS) demonstrated its cybersecurity capabilities in its Arlington facility, the […] More

MBDA revealed its plans to increase its US presence and presented Jerry Agee as the CEO of its MBDA Inc company at the Paris Air Show. Agee, an ex-corporate VP of Northrop Grumman, has held his new post for just two weeks. “MBDA Inc has been in existence for around 10 years,” he commented. “What is […] More

Responding to recent budget changes from the new administration, government contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are increasingly diversifying their national defense strategy to include civillian and business assets. The new administration’s defense budget includes major cuts to Missile Defense, Future Combat Systems and Navy shipbuilding operations, as well as killing controversial programs to build a new presidential […] More

Now that the results of the 60-day cyber security review led by Melissa Hathaway are in, what’s next? ExecutiveBiz recently brought that question to leading figures in the cyber security discussion “” everyone from think tanks to industry “” to get their take on what the report may portend for public-private efforts in strengthening cyber […] More

Aneesh Chopra has been named the nation’s first chief technology officer. The news was announced Saturday during President Obama’s weekly address. As federal CTO, Chopra will work alongside Jeffrey Zients, the new chief performance officer, and Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, who’s responsible for setting technology policy across the government. Since he entered public life in […] More