Jeff Lush serves as chief technologist for HP‘s federal civilian segment, where he is responsible for leveraging technologies within HP and understanding the needs of customers. Lush most recently served as a chief technology officer at Dell and was also executive chief technology officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs. In …

A new market report from Cushman & Wakefield says new deals for office leases in the Northern Virginia area during the most recent quarter was the highest recorded since 2011. The two earlier quarters this year were down so much that year to date leasing has dropped a total of 37 percent from this …

BAE Systems has contracted the Hydro Group underwater cables supplier to deliver a hull penetrator tool for the U.K. navy’s new fleet of submarines for $3.3 million. Work on the development, manufacture and validation of the through-hull connectors will be done in Scotland over a two-year period, Hydro Group said Friday. BAE …

Chris Yonclas serves as NetCentric Solutions strategic business unit president at Vistronix, where he oversees the operational and technical activities related to C4ISR. The 25 year industry veteran joined Vistronix when the company acquired NetCentric Solutions and he held a number of roles at MITRE earlier in his career. In his conversation with ExecutiveBiz, …

Xplore Technologies has received a multi-million dollar order for its ultra-rugged Windows tablets from multiple U.S. military customers, Xplore said Tuesday. Xplore says the iX104C5 M1 tablet is able to withstand seven foot drops and can be used despite direct sunlight or wetness. “We are pleased to announce this latest order …

Northrop Grumman is currently working on a number of unmanned systems and its Tactical Exploited Reconnaissance Node has just entered the second phase of development, Northrop said Monday. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research are leading the Tern program, which is meant to improve aviation capabilities …

Dan Dougherty has led EMC‘s work in the federal market for close to four years in his role as vice president of the data storage and technology provider’s federal division. His more than two-decade career at the company has included service as a VP for the company’s APJ sales strategy …

Bradley Feldmann elevated to the chief executive post at San Diego-based defense and transportation contractor at Cubic Corp. during the summer after a two-month transition period that saw him succeed William “Bill” Boyle. Feldmann first worked at the company between 1989 and 1999, then returned to Cubic in 2008 and has since led …

Jim Reagan, chief financial officer at Vencore, brings nearly two decades of financial leadership to his role at the technology services contractor and oversees the company’s fiscal support functions. Vencore, formerly known as The SI Organization, closed its potential $165 million purchase of QinetiQ’s U.S. services and solutions group in May …

Laurence Grayer serves as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for DynCorp International where he manages the company’s in-house legal department. Prior to DynCorp International in 2006, Grayer served as assistant general counsel with the Amalgamated Transit Union and is also a former associate of Hack, Piro, O’Day, Merklinger, …

IBM, Florida Polytechnic University and Flagship Solutions are set to build a new supercomputing center equipped with cloud-based storage and to be used for STEM education, IBM said Wednesday. The newest addition to the State University System of Florida will house an IBM supercomputer designed to provide students with hands-on training …

George Obertubbesing serves as vice president of business development for Harris IT Services where he focuses on Defense Department business. He most recently served as corporate director of business intelligence at TASC and has also worked in BD director roles for SRA International and CSC. Obertubbesing started his career at Harris in …

Cindy Walker serves as VP of Salient Federal’s Data Analytics Center of Excellence and oversees the development and implementation of Salient’s data analytics strategy as well as predictive analytics, agile business intelligence and big data offerings. The more than 25 year industry veteran  is the author of numerous articles and white papers on …

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’s Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group …

Bill Downer serves as manager of federal business development at Seagate Technology where he is helping to build a federal subsidiary that will focus on storage offerings for U.S. government customers. Downer worked in BD for Xyratex before it was acquired by Seagate and was vice president of federal sales at DataDirect …