Altamira adds new leads for human capital, BD

Altamira Technologies Corp. adds to its leadership team both a new chief human capital officer and vice president of business development.

Financial concerns remain top of mind for small businesses during pandemic

A survey by the National Defense Industrial Association finds that small businesses continue to face and fear a variety of financial stressors as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to roil the nation.

Lockheed's new CEO debuts his agenda

Lockheed Martin's new CEO is barely a month into his tenure and he faces many political unknowns as the pandemic continues and the presidential election gets closer. While Wall Street asked him about these factors, he also highlighted a new area of long-term focus for the company.

Huntington Ingalls reorgs services segment

Huntington Ingalls Industries reorganizes its government services segment in an effort to achieve function efficiencies and align with customers.

NCI promotes finance chief

NCI Information Systems gives its chief financial officer Chuck Hicks additional responsibilities to steer the company's growth strategy.

How Planet Federal has made more imagery market inroads

Planet Federal, the public sector arm of commercial satellite player Planet Labs, is bringing that model to the federal market and has wins to prove its business case.

L3Harris pushes 'Sixth Prime' strategy with latest Navy unmanned vessel win

L3Harris Technologies beat out four other bidders to help design the Navy's medium-sized unmanned surface vehicle and that is just the kind of program the company wants to win as a the "Sixth Prime" in the defense market.

DynCorp loses protest over mismatched 'CAGE' codes

DynCorp International submitted its examples of its own work as part of its bid for a $180 million contract but the Army rejected that proposal because the CAGE codes didn't match.

E3/Sentinel creates new COO position

E3/Sentinel has created a chief operating officer position and hired a nearly two-decade market veteran for the role.

LMI names its next full-time chief exec

Four months into its search, LMI identifies and hires a three-decade federal market veteran to be its next full-time president and CEO.

PSC seeks extension of paid leave reimbursement

A second major trade association representing government contractors has lent its voice to the call for additional help in managing costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amentum adds retired Army major general

Amentum adds a nearly four-decade Army veteran and former Fluor executive as head of project services.

Beyond the Census: How T-Rex Solutions views that work as a platform

The pandemic has not and cannot stop the 2020 Census because it is required by the Constitution. Given that, T-Rex Solutions believes the size and scale of its work there can be an example for other agencies to follow in IT modernization.

AIA joins call for more COVID-19 recovery funds

The Aerospace Industries Association and dozens of GovCon executives have asked Capitol Hill leaders for funding in a new round of economic stimulus legislation to cover reimbursements and other COVID-19 costs.

General Dynamics, ManTech challenge State award to Northrop

General Dynamics and ManTech are pushing back on a $254.9 million State Department cyber contract won by Northrop Grumman.

GAO reveals NGEN decisions

A look at how the Government Accountability Office denied all protests against Leidos' $7.7 billion NGEN award offer some insights into what Perspecta is arguing at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Stress test on the defense industrial base

In this episode of Project 38, John Luddy of the Aerospace Industries Association explains how COVID-19 has put the defense industrial base through a stress test unlike any other event and how the sector has weathered the pandemic so far.

QinetiQ restructures US business, names new lead exec

QinetiQ doubled the size of its U.S. footprint last year through an acquisition and has named a new executive to lead that business in conjunction with a reorganization.

DLH appoints new growth chief, operating unit exec

Health IT firm DLH hires both a new chief growth officer and president to lead its public health and life sciences operating unit.

MITRE stands up new R&D org

MITRE places all of its research-and-development functions into a single organization and promotes one of its senior executives to lead it.