Companies

Hanwha Defense USA appoints Coulter as chief executive

Korea-headquartered Hanwha established this subsidiary in 2017 to pursue opportunities in shipbuilding.

Opinion

The hidden costs and risks of hiring former government insiders

Proper coordination among HR, legal and BD is needed to understand post-employment restrictions and possible conflicts before they derail your contracting opportunities, writes Scott Flesch and Joshua Drew of the law firm Miller & Chevalier.

Companies

ICF details C-level leadership appointments amid CFO's pending retirement

Barry Broadus will retire from ICF on March 1 and James Morgan is slated to become chief operating and financial officer, while Anne Choate is being promoted to president.

Companies

Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn to retire after 14-year run at the company

John Baylouny, chief operating officer and a 35-year company veteran, will take the helm as CEO and board member Fran Fargos Townsend will become chair.

Companies

Textron's CEO transition and more leadership moves across the market

Three chief financial officer hires also feature in this new listing of key executive appointments.

Companies

SAIC parts ways with CEO Toni Townes-Whitley

Board member and former Leidos CFO Jim Reagan has been named interim chief executive.

Companies

Valiant hires former J&J exec Mattingly as CEO

Valiant has been owned by investment firm The GC Companies since 2017.

Companies

Lentech appoints Einfalt as interim CEO, Dillahay steps down

Paul Dillahay is a senior executive at DigitalNet.ai, the new artificial intelligence company founded by serial entrepreneur Ken Bajaj that Lentech is also partnering with.

Companies

Axiom Space hires NASA, BWXT vet as CEO

Axiom Space is one of three recipients of Space Act Agreements to vie for the International Space Station replacement.

Companies

Rampart brings in Javaid as chief executive

Rampart holds 55 registered patents and designs its waveform technologies to secure content and metadata in networks.

Companies

Amida promotes Srinivasan to chief executive

Co-founder Peter Levin moves into an executive director role focused on the company's artificial intelligence portfolio.

Companies

A trio of CEO transitions and more leadership moves to note as fiscal 2026 arrives

Our newest listing of key hires and promotions includes three new chief financial officers and two new chief operating officers. A former Air Force deputy chief information officer is now in industry as well.

Companies

How Trump’s OPM director wants to attract tech talent after months of workforce cuts

OPM Director Scott Kupor wants to bring on new feds with cutting edge skills, but the government’s recent flood of layoffs and resignations could complicate that effort. With a government shutdown ongoing, too, the administration is threatening more layoffs.

Companies

Buchanan & Edwards hires Bellios as CEO

The company cited Chris Bellios' background as including work to capture long-term contracts and stand up training programs.

Companies

Hanwha Defense USA brings in Rear Adm. Tom Anderson to lead shipbuilding operations

A former program executive officer for ships, Tom Anderson will lead the company's push to expand its U.S. maritime presence after acquiring the Philly Shipyard.

Contracts

Senate confirms Rhodes to lead White House procurement office

Dr. Kevin Rhodes has been a senior adviser to the Office of Management and Budget since February and focused his efforts on the Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul.

Companies

Former CISA lead Matt Hartman joins Merlin Group as chief strategy officer

Hartman most recently served as acting head of cyber at the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency. He now joins Merlin to grow its partnerships with technology companies and government agencies.

Companies

Sabre Systems hires Quigley as CEO

The CM Equity Partners-owned company enters a new phase of its strategy to grow software engineering, cyber and other technology services for federal agencies.

Companies

LMI promotes Wilson to chief executive

Doug Wagoner will transition to chairman of the board of directors after having led LMI for five years, including the transition from its longstanding nonprofit status to being a for-profit company.