Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush has said the company remains focused on expanding its services in targeted growth areas, Reuters reported Wednesday. “I’m excited about growing our company with what we have. We get the biggest return on the things we do inside the company,” Bush told the news agency. He noted the …
Read More »Denny Clifford on SkyLink Aviation’s Global Market Pursuits and Partnerships
Denny Clifford joined SkyLink Aviation earlier this year as chief financial officer to manage the company’s financial affairs and participate in the strategic review process. Clifford holds more than 20 years of financial management and military experience in his role at the global aviation and logistics services company. “Denny brings …
Read More »David Melcher: Aerostructure Business Key to Exelis’ Peformance
David Melcher, CEO of Exelis, has said the company applied previous spinoff experience in order to carry out the separation of its mission systems business in just nine months, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Melcher told WBJ reporter Jill Aitoro in a recent interview he expects the shareholder base …
Read More »CEO Bradley Feldmann on Cubic’s Int’l Market Strategy, Transportation Push and Founder’s Legacy
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 …
Read More »Mark Aslett: Mercury Systems to Seek Radar Tech-Related Acquisitions in 2015
Mark Aslett, CEO of Mercury Systems, predicts the company will be open to acquisitions in the digital signal processing modules market during the next year, the Boston Business Journal reported Tuesday. David Harris writes Aslett said the firm could expand its portfolio by purchasing companies with radio frequency or microwave …
Read More »Australian IT Firm UXC Buys 2 Oracle, SAP Enterprise Software Providers
UXC, an information technology services provider, has acquired two companies specializing in Oracle and SAP platforms to further grow UXC’s enterprise resource planning software business, CRN Australia reported Thursday. Steven Kiernan writes that UXC disclosed its two new acquisition deals during a market update Wednesday and it expects to close …
Read More »John Thomas on Investing in Leidos’ Organic Growth, Opportunities in its Core Markets & the Draw of Working With the Right People
John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as …
Read More »Juniper Networks Buys Denial-Of-Service Software Maker
Juniper Networks has acquired cyber attack protection product developer Webscreen Systems for $10 million, Techworld reports. Accumuli Security PLC, Webscreen’s parent, will transfer four Webscreen employees and all Internet Protocol products over to Juniper. Webscreen was founded in 1999 and develops software intended to protect against distributed denial of service, …
Read More »KippsDeSanto: CRGT’s Guident Buy Shows Private Equity Activity In Govt Market
CRGT‘s buy of big data and business intelligence provider Guident is an indicator of increased activity among private equity investors within the government market , according to investment banking firm KippsDeSanto & Co. The bank advised Guident on its acquisition by CRGT, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, with the intent …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Boeing’s Gail Dobberthien on Customer Interaction, Employee Relations
(Editor’s note: this interview was conducted prior to Dobberthien’s appointment to head finance in Boeing’s commercial aviation services business.) As vice president and chief financial officer for Boeing’s network and space systems business, Gail Dobberthien was responsible for all finance-related activities for the business’ seven divisions. She was previously part …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Skip Bailey, Technology Integration Director for Deloitte Federal Practice
Dr. Gregg “Skip” Bailey is the director of technology integration in Deloitte’s federal practice, where he develops the consulting firm’s technology vision. He uses his previous experience with data centers, network design and IT management in order to develop that vision for federal customers, including the Justice Department. He recently …
Read More »ICx to be Acquired by FLIR Systems
ICx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq GM:ICXT) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with FLIR Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:FLIR) which would see ICx acquired through a cash tender offer, followed by a merger with a subsidiary of FLIR, for a price of $7.55 per share in cash. According to the firm, “ICx’s …
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