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  • Mark Fox Named Customer Affairs VP for Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Fox Named Customer Affairs VP for Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News Shipbuilding Division

    Mark Fox, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries as corporate vice president of customer affairs at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. He will succeed Evan “Marty” Chanik, also a retired Navy vice admiral who is scheduled to retire in October, in the role and will directly report to Mitch Waldman, […] More

  • ISS Receives Air Force Software Maintenance Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISS Receives Air Force Software Maintenance Support Extension

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Intelligent Software Solutions a one-year, $12.2 million task order to continue to help the service branch maintain U.S. military software installed worldwide, the Colorado Springs Business Journal reported Thursday. Amber Baillie writes ISS will also extend its software and maintenance support for the U.S. Central Command, NATO and the Air Force’s Pacific operations. The contract represents the […] More

  • CACI to Support Centcom Counter Narco-Terrorism Efforts in Afghanistan; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Support Centcom Counter Narco-Terrorism Efforts in Afghanistan; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a multi-million task order contract under the U.S. Army‘s Rapid Response 3rd Generation contract vehicle for continued counter narco-terrorism support for Central Command forces in Afghanistan and other combatant commands. CACI said Monday it will seek to help protect U.S. soldiers, as well as establish and support CNT networks and infrastructure in areas including program management, advisement, […] More

  • CACI to Provide Logistics, Operations Support via DoD's Anti-Narcotics Contract; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Provide Logistics, Operations Support via DoD’s Anti-Narcotics Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International will offer logistics and operations services to Air Combat Command, U.S. Central Command and other geographic combatant commands under a $975 million contract the U.S. Air Force awarded in February. The company said Tuesday it will work to support CENTCOM and its military and civilian partner agencies in missions to combat illegal narcotics activities and the subsequent […] More

  • Robert Catalanotti Joins SOS as Middle East Initiatives Director; Julian Setian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Catalanotti Joins SOS as Middle East Initiatives Director; Julian Setian Comments

    Robert Catalanotti, a retired Army major general has joined SOS International as director of Middle East Initiatives. Catalanotti will oversee the company’s efforts to forge strategic partnerships in the Middle East, SOS International said Friday. “We are proud to have Major General (ret.) Catalanotti join the team to lead our expansion efforts in the Middle […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Extends Support for CENTCOM Counter Narco-Terrorism Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Extends Support for CENTCOM Counter Narco-Terrorism Mission

    CACI International will provide the U.S. Central Command with counter narco-terrorism support across the command’s area of responsibility under a $62.5 million contract awarded through the Rapid Response 3rd Generation vehicle. Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, said Tuesday that the contract extends the company’s work on CENTCOM’s counter narco-terrorism mission, which aims to combat terrorism and drug trafficking and their impact on […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Tool Supports US-Coalition Tactical Info Exchange - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Tool Supports US-Coalition Tactical Info Exchange

    General Dynamics has deployed version 11-S of its Trusted Network Environment software to the U.S. Central Command to facilitate the exchange of Secret-level classified information between the U.S. military and international coalition partners. The company said Wednesday the cyber defense tool leverages user access privileges and security credentials as well as data labeling and content inspection technology to manage authorized access, […] More

  • Executive Profile: David Rankin, CISO for Raytheon's IIS Business Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: David Rankin, CISO for Raytheon’s IIS Business Unit

    David Rankin serves as the chief information security officer for Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business unit. In this role, he is responsible for the overall direction of the global IT security strategies and operations for the IIS business. Previously, Rankin was the chief information security officer for Raytheon Technical Services Company. In 2011, he was […] More

  • Pentagon's ORS-1 Reconnaissance Satellite Logs 4 Years in Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon’s ORS-1 Reconnaissance Satellite Logs 4 Years in Space

    A U.S. military satellite carrying United Aerospace Systems-built intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors has completed four years in orbit. The Operationally Responsive Space-1 satellite works to provide the U.S. Central Command with imagery and data to help increase warfighters’ battlefield awarenesss, UTC Aerospace Systems said Monday. ORS-1 launched aboard a Minotaur I rocket from NASA’s […] More