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Ann Addison to Join Northrop as Chief HR Officer, Corporate VP: Ann Addison, executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Leidos, has been elected by Northrop Grumman‘s board of directors to succeed Denise Peppard as CHRO beginning on Jan 1.
Defense Health Agency Assumes Responsibility Over Military Medical Facilities: The Defense Health Agency has taken over the policies and processes of various military hospitals and clinics as part of a phased program to reorganize military healthcare facilities.
Gerry Fasano Named Leidos Defense Group President; Roger Krone Quoted: Gerry Fasano, an executive vice president and chief of business development and strategy at Leidos, has been named president of the company’s defense group in a move that takes effect Oct. 1, Inside Defense reported Wednesday.
Report: Jim Faist, Milan Nikolich Named Directors at DoD’s Research & Engineering Org: The Defense Department has appointed government industry veterans Jim Faist and Milan “Mitch” Nikolich as directors within the newly created research and engineering division, Inside Defense reported Thursday.
MDA Unveils Eight Participants in Hypersonic Weapon Concept Development Program: The Missile Defense Agency has awarded contracts to seven companies and a nonprofit organization to further develop their respective hypersonic weapon concepts.
USAF Awards Enterprise IT Network Experimentation OTAs to AT&T, Microsoft: The U.S. Air Force has awarded AT&T a $87.4M “other transaction” agreement and Microsoft a $34.4M OTA to set up enterprise information technology networks for experimentation.
GSA Unveils 12 Awardees for USDA’s Centers of Excellence Phase II; Emily Murphy Quoted: The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to 12 companies to support the Department of Agriculture’s information technology modernization efforts under the second phase of the Centers of Excellence program.
Trump Signs $674B Defense Appropriations Bill for Fiscal 2019: President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law an appropriations package that would allocate $674B in fiscal 2019 funds for the Defense Department, USNI News reported Friday.
Booz Allen Unveils Mobile Security Platform; Dee Dee Helfenstein Quoted: Booz Allen Hamilton has launched a technology platform designed to help organizations manage the security of mobile devices and address workplace mobility challenges.