Mitre Names William LaPlante SVP & GM of Center for National Security
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2017 — Mitre has appointed former vice president William LaPlante as senior vice president and general manager of its Center for National Security, GovCon Wire reported Friday. The nonprofit research company said Thursday LaPlante’s responsibilities at CNS include the National...
Omniplex Names New President for Investigative Services Unit; Michael Santelli Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 21, 2017 — Omniplex World Services has hired a new president for its investigative services group who will report directly to President and CEO Michael Santelli, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday John Coleman, who most...
ECS Federal Acquires InfoReliance in Defense & Intell Cloud, Cyber Push; George Wilson Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2017 — ECS Federal has acquired InfoReliance in a move to build on its cybersecurity, cloud and agile software portfolio for the defense and intelligence sectors, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. ECS Federal CEO George Wilson will be in...
BAE Intell & Security CTO Peder Jungck Named President of Cyber Info-Sharing Nonprofit
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2017 — Peder Jungck, chief technology officer of BAE Systems‘ intelligence and security business, has taken the role of president at the Information Technology – Information Sharing and Analysis Center, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company...
AECOM Subsidiary Lands $75M DLA Contract for Warehousing, Distribution Support
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2017 — An AECOM (NYSE: ACM) subsidiary has received a potential $75 million contract to provide warehousing and distribution support services to the Defense Logistics Agency, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday URS Federal Services...
SSL Names Richard White, Robert Zitz & Tim Gillespie Leaders in Government Systems Business
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2017 — Space Systems Loral has appointed Richard White, Robert Zitz and Tim Gillespie to hold leadership positions at the company’s government-focused business unit, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. SSL said Wednesday White will elevate to president of SSL Government...
Kevin Boyle Joins Vencore as SVP & General Counsel; Mac Curtis Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 — Vencore has hired Kevin Boyle, formerly senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Alion Science and Technology, as SVP and general counsel, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. He will be in charge...
Parsons Hires Former Leidos, Lockheed Exec as Logistics & Training EVP Within Federal Group
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2017 — Parsons has named Wendy Van Wickle, former vice president of ground operations and logistics at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), as executive VP for the federal logistics and training division, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The 25-year aerospace...
DLT Names New CFO as Craig Adler Takes Board Seat; Alan Marc Smith Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 10, 2017 — DLT Solutions has hired Joe Donohue, formerly chief financial officer and chief compliance officer of Agilex Technologies, to succeed Craig Adler as CFO, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. DLT said Thursday Donohue will oversee the company’s accounting,...
Booz Allen Taps ACT I as Subcontractor on Navy Task Order for F-35 Engineering Support
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 — Advanced Concepts and Technologies International will support Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) as a subcontractor in the latter’s work with the U.S. Navy on the F-35 program, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. ACT I...
KeyW Finalizes $235M Acquisition of Sotera in Push for Intelligence Community
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 — KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has closed its $235 million acquisition of Sotera Defense Solutions in efforts to drive strategic growth and expansion in the intelligence community, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The companies will work to complete integration...
AT&T Names Kay Kapoor President of New Global Public Sector Business
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2017 — AT&T (NYSE: T) has named Kay Kapoor as president of its newly created global public sector segment, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the new business unit will provide communications and information technology...
DXC Technology Officially Launches From CSC-HPE Enterprise Services Merger
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2017 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) former services business and the company previously known as Computer Sciences Corp. have launched the new entity DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) resulting from their merger, GovCon Wire reported Monday. DXC said...
AT&T to Build, Support Potential $46B FirstNet Public Safety Network; Kay Kapoor Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 3, 2017 — AT&T (NYSE: T) has won the potential $6.5 billion First Responder Network Authority contract to build a national broadband network for public safety organizations over a five-year period, GovCon Wire reported Friday. The Commerce Department said...