Lockheed Martin has announced the appointments of three new executives in the Missiles and Fire Control business. Rita Flaherty, a 17 year company veteran, will be the vice president of strategy and business development for the fire control/special operations forces...

The Defense Department is attempting to keep up with the private sector in cybersecurity hires by passing new legislation to increase incentive pay and bonuses. The bill asks the service branches to figure out “whether recruiting, retention, and assignment of...

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Christine Fox has been named assistant director for policy and analysis at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, GovConWire said Tuesday. Fox most recently served as acting U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary to replace the retired Ash Carter. The appointment...

David Wennergren has been named senior vice president of technology policy at the Professional Services Council. He most recently served as enterprise services group VP at CACI after serving as assistant deputy chief management officer for the DoD. The council...

The Air Force has named Sarah Zabel the new chief information officer for the Office of the Air Force Secretary and director of cyberspace operations for the branch’s information dominance office. The 17-year veteran has also served as director of...

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Terry Halvorsen has been named Acting CIO of the Defense Department just days after David Devries was named Acting CIO. Devries will continue his role as DoD Deputy CIO for information enterprise as Halvorsen starts his new role on May...

Keith Alexander has formed a new consultancy group focused on the cybersecurity of financial institutions. The former director of the National Security Agency’s company will be located in Washington D.C., in the offices of Proontory Financial Group. “After a 40-year...

Japan is set to propose conditions where the military would be allowed to defend other nations, an action Japan’s constitution prohibits. Many see Japan’s interest in helping its allies as a result of a more bold China in the Asia...

The federal government continues to partner with Universities to improve energy usage and protect networks from cyberattacks. The National Security Agency is investing $8 million in cybersecurity research initiatives to create test labratories of four universities. The University of Maryland,...

Executive Mosaic’s weekly round-up of news is a can’t-miss, digestible snapshot of the GovCon industry covering the biggest executive moves, mergers & acquisitions and contracts straight from the pen of one of GovCon’s most respected facilitators and sources of breaking...

FireEye has agreed to acquire a Virginia-based network forensics firm in order to combine its cybersecurity platform with nPulse Technology’s security system. This buy comes just months after FireEye bought cybersecurity firm Mandiant for more than $1 billion. David DeWalt,...

Louis Chabot has been appointed ManTech’s vice president and technical architect for the mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group. Chabot will be responsible for innovation and existing and future programs in his new role. “We look forward to applying Louis’...

In one of many major stories covered on ExecutiveGov today, Cutoms and Border Protection has announced that they will hire 2,000 officers. After the hiring is completed, the agency predicts there will be 21,370 border patrol agents and 23,775 CBP...