Lockheed Subsidiary Awarded VA Caregiver Resource, Time, Attendance Systems Contracts; Horace Blackman Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 1, 2015 — The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen Lockheed Martin company Systems Made Simple to update and aid in the expansion of the agency’s Caregiver Application Tracker platform, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Systems Made Simple said VA is preparing its CAT resource system to cope with an expected rise in users amid an exponential increase in demand for the...
DIA Picks Parsons for Support Work on Missile and Space Intelligence Center
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 30, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Monday on the Defense Intelligence Agency awarding Parsons Government Services a potential $68.8 million contract to provide support for the Missile and Space Intelligence Center. The Pentagon said Friday work on the contract, with an ordering period of five years, will occur at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama through June 2020. About Executive...
Bruce Carlson Joins Lockheed Martin Board of Directors
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 29, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Friday on Lockheed Martin announcing Bruce Carlson’s election to its board of directors. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin chairman, president and CEO, cited the former U.S. Air Force general’s expertise in security and defense issues at the national and global level as “invaluable” additions to the team. “Bruce’s extensive knowledge of...
Mac Curtis Announces Jennifer Felix as New Addition to Vencore Executive Team
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 26, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on Jennifer Felix being named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Vencore, effective July 20. Felix joins Vencore from Sotera Defense Solutions, where she held the CTO role for three years. “Jennifer is a distinguished and strategic addition to our executive leadership team,” Vencore President and CEO Mac Curtis, an...
CACI Lands SPAWAR Contract To Evaluate Naval Ship Maintenance Operations
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 25, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Wednesday on CACI International being awarded a potential $59.8 million task order to help the U.S. Navy evaluate how its ships are maintained. The work includes four years of modeling and analysis support for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center’s Maintenance Figure of Merit program to...
Leidos Exec Lou Von Thaer Takes Helm at DynCorp
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 24, 2015 — Lou Von Thaer, former national security sector president at Leidos, has joined DynCorp International as the new CEO to replace interim chief executive Jim Geisler, who occupied the caretaker role for 10 months, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. DynCorp said Monday Thaer brings three decades of leadership experience and ISR, systems solutions, cyber and logistics...
Lockheed EVP Rick Ambrose Ushers In Jill Hruby as New Sandia Labs Lead
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 24, 2015 — Rick Ambrose, executive vice president for Lockheed Martin Space Systems and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2015, has announced Jill Hruby as the new president and director of the federally funded Sandia National Laboratories, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Hruby has been with the national security lab since 1983, occupied various roles of...
Northrop Lands $61M Operations, Maintenance Work on Drone Demonstrator Aircraft
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 23, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Monday on Northrop Grumman being awarded $61 million to conduct operations and maintenance work on the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes depot-level maintenance, logistics support and field service representatives provision in Maryland,...
Steve Pusey Appointed to FireEye Board of Directors
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 22, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Executive reported Friday on Steve Pusey, chief technology officer at Vodafone Group, being named to FireEye’s board of directors. “Steve Pusey is that rare breed of business leader who combines strategic technology insights with the proven ability to connect with customers across international markets,” David DeWalt, CEO and chairman...
General Dynamics Continues Website Tech Support for CMS Program
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 19, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on General Dynamics being awarded a $43 million to continue providing website technical support services to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ drug subsidy program for retirees. The work will occur in Towson, Maryland, with a base period of performance of one year plus four one-year options, General...
QTS Closes $326M Carpathia Buy
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 18, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — QTS Realty Trust has announced closing its purchase of cloud company Carpathia Hosting for $326 million, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. “Carpathia is a strong complement to QTS’ fully integrated technology services platform,” QTS CEO Chad Williams said Tuesday. “We look forward to leveraging the expertise, experience and scale that Carpathia...
Angela Messer Moderates POC Internet of Things Convergence Panel
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 17, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Angela Messer, an external vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, was a panel moderator at the Potomac Officers Club half-day summit on the Internet of Things this week, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The discussion on IoT convergence was the first of two panels at the summit, which had Vint Cerf, chief Internet evangelist at Google, as keynote...