Fabian Plath, vice president of business development and sales at Tyto Athene, will serve his third year as a member of the board at AFCEA Belvoir and as the chapter’s chair of strategic initiatives. Plath will also begin his second year on AFCEA International’s Small Business Committee.
Read More »Former DOD Official Kari Bingen Joins HawkEye 360 as Chief Strategy Officer; John Serafini Quoted
HawkEye 360 has appointed Kari Bingen, former deputy under secretary for intelligence and security at the Department of Defense, as chief strategy officer to provide guidance as the company navigates an evolving space policy landscape and a growing radio frequency (RF) data and analytics market. "Few people have the same depth of knowledge about space and intelligence policy as Kari Bingen," said CEO John Serafini.
Read More »Perspecta Chairman, CEO Mac Curtis Recognized as Wash100 Awardee for Seventh Consecutive Year
Mac Curtis, chairman and CEO of Perspecta, has been awarded his seventh consecutive Wash100 Award in 2021 for his strong leadership and vision in the advancement of cybersecurity, intelligence and defense technologies through significant contract award wins and other major moves. "He has delivered as much for the industry as he has for his firm,” said Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic.
Read More »Gen. John Raymond, US Space Force’s Chief of Space Operations, Honored as 2021 Wash100 Award Inductee
Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, has been inducted into the 2021 Wash100 for driving modernization priorities and digital strategy to provide economic and national security to our nation. The recognition marks the second consecutive Wash100 Award Raymond has received.
Read More »Stu Shea, Chairman, President, CEO of Peraton, Receives Fifth Wash100 Award
Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton, has been inducted into the 2021 Wash100 Award, marking his fifth time receiving the recognition from Executive Mosaic for his contributions in support of the government contracting community. The award highlights Shea's strong leadership and expansion efforts, including spearheading major acquisitions and valuable contract awards.
Read More »QuantiTech Merges With MEI to Deliver Engineering Services for Federal Agencies
QuantiTech, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital, has merged with Millennium Engineering and Integration Company (MEI) to provide engineering services and offerings for mission critical programs within defense and civilian agencies, QuantiTech reported on Wednesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We are excited about joining forces with MEI," said Darryl Wortman, president and CEO of QuantiTech.
Read More »Peraton Realigns Business Sectors, Appoints New Exec Leadership; Stu Shea Quoted
Peraton has aligned the company around four business sectors and appointed new executives to its leadership team, following its $3.4 billion acquisition of Northrop Grumman's integrated mission support and IT solutions business, the company reported on Thursday. "As Peraton expands we will be faced with a complex range of new opportunities and challenges across our functions and businesses,” said Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »Veritas Capital Completes $3.4B Northrop Unit Buy; Peraton to Oversee IT, Services Business; Ramzi Musallam, Stu Shea Quoted
Veritas Capital has completed its $3.4 billion acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s IT and mission support services business. Veritas announced the multi-billion dollar transaction in December 2020, stating that the transaction will enable Veritas to establish a technology-enabled services platform that can deliver support to a wide range of critical government missions through its combination with Peraton. “The completion of this transaction brings together two dynamic businesses with complementary, mission-critical solutions and capabilities, creating an industry-leading platform with a shared commitment to customer success,” said Ramzi Musallam, chief executive officer and managing partner of Veritas, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »AE Industrial Partners Buys UAV Factory in Expanded UAV, ISR Tech Market Push
AE Industrial Partners has acquired UAV Factory, a provider of tactical unmanned aerial vehicle and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance technology. With the purchase, UAV Factory will serve as an unmanned technology platform for AEI. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "UAV Factory's engineering and technical capabilities, combined with its proven and growing set of technology solutions, are truly differentiated in the market," said Jeffrey Hart, principal at AEI.
Read More »Veritas Capital to Buy, Combine Perspecta With Peraton in $7.1B Deal; Mac Curtis, Stu Shea Quoted
Veritas Capital has moved to acquire Perspecta for $7.1 billion and plans to combine the latter to its portfolio company Peraton to expand its position in the government technology market. Perspecta has entered into a definitive agreement for the all-cash transaction. "Perspecta will be well positioned to build on our momentum and continue executing on customer commitments as Perspecta delivers cyber, digital-transformation and mission-focused solutions,” said Mac Curtis, chairman and CEO of Perspecta and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient said, "Together, we will create a top-tier, privately-owned government technology business with a focus on missions of consequence.”
Read More »Octo Names Letitia ‘Tish’ Long to Board of Directors; Mehul Sanghani Quoted
Octo has appointed Letitia “Tish” Long, a former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, to the company's board of directors. Long's appointment will place greater focus on the Intelligence Community (IC) as Octo's core customer. “Having Long on our Board of Directors is a massive boon to our ability to understand and support the Intelligence Community,” said Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Octo.
Read More »Parsons Names Carey Smith to Board of Directors; Chuck Harrington Quoted
Parsons has appointed Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer (COO) at Parsons, to the company’s board of directors. As president and COO, Smith leads Parsons’ global operations and drives growth strategy through technology innovation. “Carey has been central to our growth and success since joining Parsons,” said Chuck Harrington, chairman and CEO of Parsons and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »ManTech Wins $273M DHS Contract to Provide Advanced Analytics to CBP
ManTech has been awarded a five-year, $273 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Business Intelligence Support Services (BISS) in support of the anti-crime and anti-terrorism efforts of the department’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP). ManTech will develop advanced visualizations that enable the agency to simplify complex data findings and turn it into actionable intelligence for CBP officers.
Read More »Jacobs Acquires The Buffalo Group to Expand Cyber Solutions; Steve Demetriou Quoted
Jacobs has acquired The Buffalo Group, a provider of advanced cyber and intelligence solutions. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. "Defending our nation against adversarial threats is growing in complexity. The Buffalo Group's leading cyber and intelligence capabilities further strengthens our suite of national priority solutions across integrated multi-domain environments," said Jacobs chair and CEO Steve Demetriou.
Read More »LexisNexis Risk Solutions Intros Email Fraud Prevention Tool for Gov’t; Monty Faidley Quoted
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has launched the LexisNexis Emailage. The offering is a fraud risk scoring solution that uses email intelligence to provide government agencies with seamless user experience and robust identity assessment and assurance capabilities. “The concept of front-end identity – proving that someone is who they say they are – is foundational to the mission of government, from program eligibility to cybersecurity,” said Monty Faidley, vice president of product and analytics for the government group of LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
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