Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 04/12/2016

Sevatec President Balan Ayyar Adds CEO Title

Balan Ayyar, president and chief operating officer of Sevatec, has taken a new dual role as president and CEO of the Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. He will oversee the company’s day-to-day operations, expansion and market strategies and overall performance and succeeds Sonny Kakar, who has stepped down from the CEO role and will continue to serve as chairman of the board, Sevatec said Monday…

ManTech Receives DoD Intell Operations Support Task Order Under GSA OASIS Vehicle

ManTech International has been awarded a potential five-year, $33 million task order by a U.S. Defense Department organization to provide systems engineering, technical assessment and subject matter support for intelligence operations…

ULA, Bigelow Aerospace to Collaborate on Habitable Volume Devt; Robert Bigelow, Tory Bruno Comment

United Launch Alliance and Bigelow Aerospace have formed a partnership to build and launch habitable volumes into low Earth orbit in an effort to support research efforts in space. Bigelow Aerospace plans to integrate the habitable volumes with the B330 expandable module and launch the module onboard the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture ULA’s Atlas V 552 rocket into space by 2020, both companies said Monday…

Federal News Radio: Robert Silvers Named DHS Cyber Policy Assistant Secretary

Robert Silvers has been appointed assistant secretary for cyber policy at the Department of Homeland Security and will also hold responsibility over related strategies at DHS, Federal News Radio reported Monday…

Terry Halvorsen: DoD, Armed Services Can Meet Windows 10 Migration Deadline

Defense Department Chief Information Offier Terry Halvorsen has said the military and DoD agencies all believe they can meet a January 2017 deadline to transition the Pentagon’s entire network to Windows 10, Fedscoop reported Friday…

DNI James Clapper Signs Off on Intell Transparency Council

National Intelligence Director James Clapper signed a charter April 5 to formally establish a new council to help intelligence agencies implement transparency strategies. The Intelligence Transparency Council was formed out of a working group that comprises senior intelligence officials who have worked to create the Principles of Intelligence Transparency for the community, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said April 5…

Huntington Ingalls Announces Leadership Moves Within Ingalls Shipbuilding Arm; Brian Cuccias Comments

Huntington Ingalls Industries will make a series of leadership moves within its Ingalls Shipbuilding division following the planned retirement of Richard Schenk from his role as vice president of program management…

Bill Baer Named DOJ Acting Associate Attorney General; Loretta Lynch Comments

Bill Baer, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department‘s antitrust division, has been appointed to serve as interim associate attorney general effective April 17. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement posted Monday Baer led the antitrust division in collecting a record $2…

BeyondTrust to Share IT Risk Mgmt Tool Under FireEye-Led Cyber Coalition; Ed Barry Comments

BeyondTrust has joined a FireEye-led coalition in an effort to help government and commercial clients detect and respond to potential cyber attacks. BeyondTrust will work to integrate its BeyondInsight IT Risk Management Platform with the FireEye-built Global Threat Management Platform under the cybersecurity coalition, BeyondTrust said Monday…

UTC Subsidiary Awards F135 Engine Component Manufacturing Contracts to 4 Italian Aerospace Suppliers

A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has awarded four Italy-based aerospace suppliers potential 10-year manufacturing contracts worth an estimated $17 million for the production of F135 engine components…

General Atomics Lithium-Ion Battery Tech Receives DNV GL Certification; Paul Clark Comments

A General Atomics-developed battery technology has received certification from the international certification body Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd following on-hull demonstration tests on a U…