Katie Arrington departs DOD to rejoin private sector
CMMC’s standard bearer is joining quantum computing company IonQ as its chief information officer. Katie Arrington, one of the original CMMC advocates, has gone back to the private sector and will join IonQ as its chief information officer. Her first day is Monday. Arrington was part of the first Trump administration and launched the efforts to develop […]
OPINION: Federal equity investments raise troubling questions about picking winners and losers
From L3Harris Technologies to Intel, the Trump administration is taking stakes in defense companies with little transparency and no clear conflict-of-interest safeguards. The Trump administration’s $1 billion investment in L3Harris Technologies’ rocket motor business is just the latest sign of the government’s new embrace of a questionable industrial policy – taking ownership stakes in private sector […]
A pair of transitions at the top and more leadership moves across the market
Our newest listing of key hires and promotions also features one at a defense giant’s corporate development team and a high-profile Pentagon official’s new position in industry. Thomson Reuters Special Services Dana Barnes has joined this subsidiary of the global financial data giant as president to lead the next phase of its strategy in the national […]
Appian, Army sign $500M enterprise license pact
The service branch will have access to both the core Appian platform and a cloud offering under this agreement, which is similar to the one with Palantir. Appian and the Army have finalized a new 10-year, $500 million enterprise agreement covering licenses and related services to aid the service branch in its software modernization and overall […]