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L3Harris Technologies?(NYSE: LHX) and?Thales' defense and security business have secured positions on a 10-year, $6.11 billion contract to modernize the U.S. Army's?Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System. The two companies will work with the service branch to align?SINCGARS technology?with cryptographic modernization requirements set forth by the National Security Agency.
Boeing?(NYSE: BA) promoted 13-year company veteran?Ted Colbert?to?president and CEO of the?company’s defense, space and security?business. He succeeds?Leanne Caret, a five-time?Wash100?awardee who will retire later this year after a nearly 35-year career with the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor.
President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request includes?$773 billion in defense spending?and?Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a?2022 Wash100 Award?recipient, said the proposed DOD budget would help the Pentagon advance integrated deterrence, carry out operations aligned with priorities and modernize the Joint Force.
Chico Moline, former president of national security solutions business at PAE, has been named?chief information officer?of?Amentum?and he will oversee the latter's enterprise transformation efforts in his new position. His appointment is part of a string of senior leadership moves at Amentum after the Germantown, Maryland-based government services contractor?closed its acquisition of PAE?on Feb. 15.
The General Services Administration has issued requests for proposals for?small business?and?women-owned small business?pools of the?Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract?for information technology products and services. GSA will accept proposals for both pools through May 13.
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Executive Spotlight: Maisha Glover, Senior Vice President in Booz Allen’s National Security Business
Maisha Glover,?senior vice president in?Booz Allen Hamilton’s National Security business, recently spoke with?ExecutiveBiz?regarding her strategic goals for the company as well as the challenges to increase transparency, diversity and innovation in the intelligence community during the latest?Executive Spotlight?interview.?
Constellis Subsidiary Wins $1.3B Protective Service Task Order Under WPS III IDIQ; Terry Ryan Quoted
Constellis’?Triple Canopy?subsidiary will provide protective services, logistical and specialized security support for the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, under a potential 10-year, $1.3 billion task order awarded through the State Department’s?Worldwide Protective Services III?contract.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, which now operates as?HII?(NYSE: HII) as part of a rebranding effort, changed the name of its Technical Solutions division to?Mission Technologies?after a series of acquisitions and the expansion of its national security capabilities.?Andy Green, an executive vice president of HII and a?2022 Wash100 Award?winner, will serve as president of HII’s Mission Technologies division, which is based in McLean, Virginia, and has six business operating groups.
Google’s government and education arm?has named cloud and analytics executive?Stephen Elliott?as its head of artificial intelligence solutions. According to his LinkedIn profile, Elliott will collaborate with public sector customers in his new role to deliver cloud and artificial intelligence technologies, with a particular focus on leveraging the Palantir Foundry platform.
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