Leidos Names Permanent Health Group Head; Roger Krone Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 19, 2020 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) appointed acting health unit head Liz Porter to the post permanently, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 4.
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Perspecta Appoints Damian DiPippa Intell Group Lead; Mac Curtis Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 18, 2020 — Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) appointed 25-year intelligence community market veteran Damian DiPippa senior vice president and general manager of the company's intelligence group, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 3.
Four Companies Join Leidos Alliance Partner Network; Bob Gemmill Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 10, 2020 — HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ), Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and Dataiku became the newest members of Leidos' (NYSE: LDOS) alliance partner network to help drive innovation for government and commercial customers, ExecutiveGov reported July 27.
BAE to Provide Analytics Framework for Army’s Ground Intell Processing System; Dave Logan Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 7, 2020 — BAE Systems received its first order under a potential $823M U.S. Army indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to apply an analytics software framework into the branch's Distributed Common Ground System, GovCon Wire reported July 24.
Andy Green: New Investment Reflects Huntington Ingalls Commitment to USV Innovation
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 5, 2020 — The technical solutions division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) invested in autonomous technology developer Sea Machines Robotics as part of unmanned surface vessel market push, GovCon Wire reported July 23.
in Executive Moves, NewsArmy Vet Anthony Tata Named DoD’s Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Policy
Anthony Tata, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general and former chief growth officer of Air Data Solutions, has been appointed to serve as deputy undersecretary for policy at the Department of Defense on an acting basis, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
ARA Awarded DLA Tactical Antenna Supply IDIQ; Logen Thiran Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 4, 2020 — Antenna Research Associates will provide lightweight tactical antennas to the U.S. military under a potential five-year, $12M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency, GovCon Wire reported July 22.
Amentum-Envirocon JV to Pursue DOE Site Cleanup Task Orders Under $3B Contract; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 4, 2020 — A joint venture between Amentum and Envirocon will offer deactivation, decommissioning and removal services to the Department of Energy through a contract vehicle worth potentially $3B over 10 years, GovCon Wire reported July 22.
Alion Lands $182M Navy Task Order to Build Virtual, Constructive Training System; Katie Selbe Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 3, 2020 — Alion Science and Technology will develop a virtual and constructive training platform for the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona under a potential 48-month, $182M task order, GovCon Wire reported July 22.
Altamira Names New Human Capital, Business Dev’t Execs; Ted Davies Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 3, 2020 — Former Science Applications International Corp. executives Caroline McConnell and Jason Siminski recently joined Altamira as chief human capital officer and vice president of business development, respectively, GovCon Wire reported July 22.
DARPA to Proceed Only With Virtual Track of Subterranean ‘Cave Circuit’ Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has decided to cancel the physical course of its cave circuit event for the Subterranean Challenge and conduct only an all-virtual competition to evaluate proposed situational awareness platforms in that particular underground environment.
Amentum Hires Army Vet, Former Fluor Exec Camille Nichols; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2020 — Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Camille Nichols, who most recently served as vice president of business operations at Fluor's (NYSE: FLR) government business, assumed the role of executive VP for project services at Amentum, GovCon Wire reported July 16.