Ben Aspero, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as Perspecta's vice president for supply chain and procurement, a role he has held for over two years. Aspero was responsible for leading the post-merger integration of three legacy companies and currently leads Perspecta's vision for all matters related to supply chains. In the said role, Aspero is in […]
Kristie Grinnell, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as General Dynamics Information Technology's chief supply chain officer and global chief information officer. She is responsible for driving strategic growth and operational excellence throughout GDIT's IT services, enterprise IT and supply chain divisions, according to her LinkedIn profile. Grinnell is also in charge of ensuring that the […]
Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams serves as the 19th director of the Defense Logistics Agency and is responsible for leading the $38B agency's mission of supporting the Department of Defense's global logistical needs, the DLA said. He directs nine supply chains that support the U.S. military and federal, state, local and international partners. Williams also oversees […]
ManTech announced it has appointed Peter Ward as vice president of human resources and talent acquisition within the company's mission solutions and services group. Ward brings into the company two decades of experience in developing career opportunities. He is expected to help maintain ManTech the government services contractor industry's "employer of choice," the company said. […]
The Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit has selected Zscaler to provide zero-trust access installation as a secure cloud management solution, the company announced. Drew Schnabel, Zcaler's vice president of federal and a Potomac Officers Club member, said the company's excellence in zero trust will help the DIU protect the DOD from enemies threatening national security. […]
The Navy has awarded several companies, including AECOM Technical Services, a $1B modification to a previously awarded hybrid contract for global contingency construction services. The other companies are Aptim Federal Services, CH2M Hill Constructors, Environmental Chemical, Fluor and Perini Management Services, the Department of Defense announced. The previously awarded contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award deal. Its total […]
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has been awarded a $3.42B hybrid Army contract to produce and provide engineering services for Hydra-70 rocket systems. GD-OTS is the system integrator of the Hydra-70 family of rockets, which is based on the Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the Navy for use in the late 1940s, […]
The Department of Defense has announced plans to establish its fifth 5G development site at Nellis Air Force Base, an Air Force installation in southern Nevada. DOD's Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Air Force Warfare Center will jointly build a 5G cellular network at the base, C4ISRNET reported. ''The […]
The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council, a nonprofit corporate membership organization, has appointed Thomas Bruno and Donald Fenhagen to three-year terms on its board of directors. Bruno is a managing director at Accenture Federal Services, while Fenhagen is an IBM vice president and senior partner, HSDBC said. "As longtime leaders in the homeland security community, […]
The newly proposed Advancing Blockchain Act will increase the government's focus on exploring the potential applications of blockchain technology besides cryptocurrency applications, according to proponent Rep. Brett Guthrie. Guthrie's bill is part of a legislative package of 15 emerging technology bills proposed by Republicans from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Nextgov reported. “America is a […]
