Booz Allen Hamilton said today it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm Morphick.
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Marjorie Censer is Inside Defense's editor. She previously worked at the Washington Post and its local business publication Capital Business, covering defense industry reshaping, the increased scrutiny of contractors following the Edward Snowden case and the challenges of canceling military programs. From 2007 to 2010, she was managing editor of Inside the Army. She also previously worked as defense editor at POLITICO and as a staff writer at the Carroll County Times and the Princeton Packet. A Fairfax native, she graduated from Princeton University.
703-562-8735Booz Allen Hamilton said today it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm Morphick.
Textron Systems said today sales in its most recent quarter reached $458 million, up $45 million from the same three-month period a year earlier.
Boeing said today HorizonX, its innovation cell, has invested in Near Earth Autonomy, which specializes in developing technologies to enable autonomous flight.
The Navy League has named James Bruns national executive director, beginning this week, the organization announced today.
CSRA said today it has agreed to buy Praxis Engineering Technologies, an intelligence contractor, for $235 million in cash.
Boeing said today Mark Cherry, president and chief operating officer at Aurora Flight Sciences, will lead its Phantom Works advanced technology organization within Boeing's defense business.
Dynetics earlier this year broke ground on a new facility in Alabama, part of its effort to increasingly work with NASA.
Raytheon said today it has opened a new facility in the Sandia Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, NM, in a move that bolsters its operations working on range monitoring and telemetry systems.
KBR said today it has agreed to purchase Sigma Bravo, which provides information and communication technology services to the Australian Defence Force.
More than a year after the merger of Leidos and Lockheed's IT services business, Roger Krone, chief executive of Leidos, warns that transactions of that scale can be successful, but are far from easy.
The new chief of Engility's defense group is focusing the business on cybersecurity, training and systems engineering.
DXC Technology, the company created by combining Computer Sciences Corp. with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's enterprise services business, this week unveiled a plan to bring together its U.S. public sector unit with Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions.
Ellen Lord, the new top acquisition official in the Pentagon, said in her first public event Oct. 11 she is drawing on her industry experience to take a more commercial approach to the Defense Department.
Lockheed Martin Ventures, the rebooted venture fund of Lockheed Martin, is working closely with the company's chief technology office to identify strategic investments, the CTO said Wednesday.
Alion Science and Technology said this week it has named Todd Borkey, a former Thales executive, to serve as chief technology officer.
Accenture Federal Services said this week it has hired retired Army Maj. Gen. George Franz as a cybersecurity expert.
In today's INSIDER Daily Digest, the defense secretary is calling on Pentagon employees to remain focused, the Marine Corps is building a close relationship with U.S. Special Operations Command and Congress has denied a Pentagon reprogramming request.
The National Defense Industrial Association said today it has named retired Air Force Col. Wesley Hallman senior vice president of policy, beginning next week.
Raytheon said today it has named Todd Ernst vice president of corporate development, effective next month.
In today's INSIDER Daily Digest, we have a number of stories from a breakfast with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) as well as interesting defense business moves.