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Growth, legal and operations leadership moves across the market

A pair of key hires in government relations teams and four board of directors additions also feature.

  • By Ross Wilkers

OMB issues instructions for agency migration to quantum-proof encryption

Agencies are expected to undertake two actions in service of enhanced security: execute a phased migration of cryptographic systems to prepare for quantum computing risk; and submit a PQC migration plan to OMB.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

KBR hires CEO, finance chief to lead government spinoff

KBR is positioning "SpinCo," the placeholder name for this future company, to enter the market on $5 billion in annual revenue with 20,000 employees.

  • By Ross Wilkers

CGI set to promote new federal leader

Alisa Bearfield will become president of CGI Federal on Oct. 1 as Stephanie Mango is moving to a global role with the parent company.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Shift5's board stays with Magsig, names him full-time CEO

The venture-backed cyber and operational technology outfit also finalizes a handful of other C-level executive appointments.

  • By Ross Wilkers

NDAA provisions would reshape Pentagon’s use of ownership stakes in private companies

A Senate defense panel aims to place guardrails on direct equity investments, create an oversight board, and require briefings.

  • By Lauren C. Williams
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CACI hires former Lockheed space exec Young as COO

Space has featured prominently in CACI's strategy over recent years.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Thales' North American subsidiary hires Geckle as CEO

Robert Geckle most recently led the Airbus U.S. Space and Defense business for nearly four-and-a-half years.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Booz Allen to acquire Ultra defense tech unit for $720M

Booz Allen is pushing to ramp up its tech product integration efforts and increase the number of commercially-available offerings.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Twenty closes $100M Series B round for offensive cyber tech development

Several members of the two-year-old company's founding team helm from Palo Alto Networks, including CEO Joe Lin.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Concurrent Technologies hires Parsons vet Hamilton as CEO

CTC is embarking on its new 10-year strategic plan that retiring CEO Ed Sheehan Jr. oversaw the development of.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Jim Flyzik helped transform government IT from back-office function to mission enabler

The former Treasury chief information officer and early federal IT leader died June 4 at age 72.

  • By Nick Wakeman

OpenAI’s ChatGPT to debut on GenAI.mil in ‘early July’

The company is working closely with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office to deliver more model access via GenAI.mil.

  • By Frank Konkel and Alexandra Kelley
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US counterintelligence agency looks to AI to accelerate background checks

A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours.

  • By David DiMolfetta

Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model

Over 30 industry and academic professionals signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to lift export controls, citing international competition and patches to network vulnerabilities.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

GALT Aerospace acquires electronic product maker

This is GALT's first acquisition with the support of Godspeed Capital and adds a manufacturing facility that is intended to be the centerpiece for tech innovation and transition efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Operations, tech and growth leadership moves across the market

A former FBI chief information officer and retired National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director feature in this listing.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Woven Solutions purchases systems engineering outfit

Falfurrias Management Partners has supported Woven Solutions through four acquisitions since entering the investment a year ago.

  • By Ross Wilkers

CACI's Gray to retire

DeEtte Gray first joined CACI in 2017 as president of U.S. operations and currently leads a group of 20,000 employees.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Lack of White House guidance has complicated agency Mythos adoption, people familiar say

Agency tech leaders say they don’t have clear direction from the White House on how to access and implement Anthropic’s cyber-focused AI model for their networks.

  • By Alexandra Kelley and David DiMolfetta

DHA plans shift in approach for electronic health record follow-on

The Defense Health Agency has outlined its paths for both a cloud migration effort and working with more than one company for the EHR ecosystem.

  • By Ross Wilkers