Cal Shintani, former principal at StrateGrowth Consulting, has joined analytics software firm SAS as head of government strategic alliances, G2Xchange ETC reported Monday.

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Ryan Brewer, formerly a consultant for Washington, D.C.-based risk management services firm Iron Vine Security, has joined the company as executive vice president for strategy and business development.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing“™s defense, space and security business, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 “” Executive Mosaic“™s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena “” for her leadership in expanding the company's portfolio of defense contracts and space platforms. This latest honor marks the third consecutive Wash100 Award for Caret.

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Nick Mehta, CEO at Gainsight, and Marie Myers, chief financial officer at UiPath, have been appointed to serve as members of F5 Networks' board of directors. The appointments of the two executives bring the board's member count to 12, F5 said Wednesday.

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NS2 Serves has graduated the first-ever group of U.K. veterans who received instruction under the U.S.-based nonprofit“™s technology training and employment program. Former U.K. army air corps officers Aidan Gray and Ryan Dix completed NS2 Serves“™ three-month, in-residence schooling to garner technical and “soft business“ skills to aid them as they make their transition from […] More

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing“™s defense, space and security business, has said cost-cutting measures and an accelerated decision-making process helped drive the company“™s government contract proposals to be more competitive, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “This is the year where the first results from all the steps we have taken will be apparent […] More

A joint venture of Fluor and ACS Infrastructure‘s Canadian unit has been tasked to finance, design, build, operate and maintain a bridge that will connect Detroit, Mich. and Windsor, Ontario. Bridging North America will serve as the prime contractor for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project as the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority’s preferred proponent, Fluor said […] More

ExecutiveBiz talked with Brian Baldrate, vice president and general counsel of Raytheon“™s international and Washington, D.C., operations, about his military background, views on international defense sales and where he sees room for greater public-private sector collaboration. “A lawyer“™s job isn“™t to simply weigh in on whether something is legal, but to act as a trusted […] More

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems“™ range of Predator autonomous aircraft has reached five million flight hours after completing 360,311 missions since its introduction in the 1990s. General Atomics said Monday the fleet of remotely piloted aircraft achieved 500,000 flight hours from 1993 to 2008, one million hours in 2010, two million hours in 2012, three million hours […] More

The U.S. Army will use the Defense Department“™s “other transaction authority“ to accelerate the acquisition of a drone-mounted platform that works to jam enemy communications, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army“™s electronic warfare and cyber division plans to award the Multi-Function EW Air Large contract to a member of the Consortium […] More

An extended-range variant of General Atomics‘ MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded the 40-hour goal during an endurance flight test. General Atomics said Thursday MQ-1C ER was configured for a representative U.S. Army mission and flew 41.9 hours after the UAS was launched from El Mirage, California. It marked the aircraft’s 43rd test flight since Oct. […] More

Govini has named six government and technology industry executives to its board of advisers. “Our clients will directly benefit from the strategic initiatives this board and Govini“™s leadership team undertake as we pursue our mission to transform the business of government through data science,“ Eric Gillespie, founder and executive chairman of Govini, said in a […] More