Mandiant hands marketing mandate to Michael Evans

Mandiant, a provider of incident response and computer forensics services to the government and commercial clients, has named Michael Evans vice president of marketing.

Lockheed locks up purchase of VA medical services provider

Lockheed Martin Corp. has completed its acquisition of QTC Holdings Inc., a provider of outsourced medical evaluation services to the Veterans Affairs Department. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pragmatics appoints new CFO

Pragmatics chooses Steven Bracci as CFO for his in-depth financial background serving companies such as Avaya, Inc.

Minneapolis defense contractor moves closer to the money

ATK Inc., an aerospace and defense contractor that has been based in Minneapolis, will relocate its corporate headquarters to Arlington, Va., on Oct. 1, and expand its existing office space there to accommodate the move.

Dovèl Technologies hires 2, promotes 1

Dovèl Technologies has hired a new senior vice president of business development and proposal management, and a new human resources director. It also has a new vice president for its Enterprise Solutions business unit.

Top DOD budget-cutter nominated as DOD No. 2

Ashton Carter, under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, is expected to replace William Lynn in the No. 2 post at the Defense Department.

Pragmatics names new VP/GM of civilian agency division

Joseph Miller has been promoted to vice president and general manager of Pragmatics Civilian Agency Services Division. The move is effective immediately.

With an eye on OCI, L-3 breaks up government units

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. will spin off several of its government services businesses to create a publicly traded company named Engility, the company announced today.

Honeywell subsidiary extends tender offer for EMS Technologies

Egret Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., has extended its previously announced tender offer for all outstanding shares of EMS Technologies Inc. in a $491 million purchase into mid-August.

Sid Fuchs named president, CEO of defense engineering company

Sidney Fuchs will become president and CEO of MacAulay-Brown Inc., an engineering and technical services provider to the defense and intelligence communities, on Aug. 1.

Northrop’s Wes Bush adds board chairman to president, CEO titles

Northrop Grumman CEO and President Wes Bush has added chairman of the board to his titles following his election to the post by the company’s board.

ITT plan to split into 3 companies moves ahead

ITT Corp. has taken the next required step in its plan to separate into three distinct, publicly traded companies by filing Form 10 Registration Statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Deputy defense secretary to step down

After more than two years in the job, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn will step down from the second-highest DOD post to spend more time with his family.

BAE names replacement for retiring government relations chief

BAE Systems Inc. has named Erin Moseley as senior vice president for government relations succeeding Bob Fitch, who is retiring.

Former BAE exec joins Xe Services as senior vice president

Michael Cauldwell will join Xe Services LLC as senior vice president of business development July 11. He will focus on expanding the company's portfolio of government and commercial customers.

NVTC unveils new board of directors

The Northern Virginia Technology Council elected its new leadership at the June 30 annual meeting in Reston, Va.

TASC pipes aboard retired admiral to steer new programs unit

Retired Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Kilcline Jr. has joined TASC Inc. as vice president of its newly formed Naval Programs unit.

Mandiant adds CTO title to its products division chief

Threat detection solutions provider Mandiant has promoted David Merkel to chief technology officer. He will continue to lead the products organization.

Skype skips out on execs’ payout in midst of Microsoft purchase, report says

The Internet-calling service Skype Technologies, which is being bought by Microsoft Corp., is firing senior executives, a move that reduces the value of their payout, Bloomberg News reports.

Capgemini names new director for public-sector practice

Capgemini Government Solutions LLC has named Nancy Meiers director of the company's Independent Verification and Validation Practice.