Scott Barnett serves as the vice president for Department of Defense sales at Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, a communications company that delivers hybrid networking, cloud connectivity and security solutions. Barnett leads a growing company division that creates value by delivering solution sets to the DOD. He has held multiple management positions during his 19-year tenure […]
Robert Dapkiewicz, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as senior vice president and general manager at MetTel Federal, a digital transformation and communications company. Dapkiewicz was named to the said role in September 2020 to lead MetTel's federal program. MetTel CEO Marshall Aronow credited Dapkiewicz with having a track record of success in sales, marketing […]
Altamira Technologies has been awarded the lead role on its existing contractor teaming agreement for the General Services Administration's MEGASTAR blanket purchase agreement. The five-year $997M agreement provides scientific and technical intelligence support services to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. Most of the work will be done at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, […]
Keith Munn will serve as the vice president of business management and chief financial officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries' shipbuilding division, effective Feb. 15, 2021. Munn will be responsible for all of Ingalls Shipbuilding's management, contract management and business management functions. He will replace Tom Stiehle, who has been promoted to executive vice president and […]
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has been awarded a contract modification to develop and mature hypersonic projectiles Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center. The projectiles will allow the interception of moving airborne targets during live-fire events scheduled through the end of 2021, GA-EMS said. “This is a critical next step toward the goal of integrating […]
SolarWinds, the victim of a major Russia-linked hack of U.S. federal networks, has hired a new consulting business formed by former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Director Christopher Krebs. Krebs, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2020 Wash100 winner, said he plans to dedicate himself to the new business, which was stood up to […]
The Department of Defense has released a document outlining its strategy for countering small unmanned aircraft systems. The document covers three lines of effort aimed at addressing the proliferation of sUAS. Sean Gainey, director of the Army's Joint C-sUAS Office, said that the Department of Defense spent the past five years dealing with the proliferation […]
The Navy and the Marine Corps are on the verge of establishing the Naval Digital Marketplace, a centralized service that will govern their acquisition of cloud-related products and services. Travis Methvin, the project manager for the Naval Commercial Cloud Services Office, said that the centralization of cloud will make it easier for industry players to […]
Cloud veteran Matt Jordan has joined information technology company Sev1Tech as vice president of its cloud center of excellence. Jordan will be responsible for growing the Sev1Cloud practice, building partnerships with cloud providers and increasing innovation for customers from government and commercial organizations, Sev1Tech said. “Matt’s experience with our cloud partner ecosystems, unparalleled drive, and […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to create a storefront where companies can access information and learn how to sell their products to the Department of Defense, a top official said. DARPA Director Victoria Coleman, a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club's upcoming Annual Defense Research and Development Summit, said the storefront will help […]
