Inside the New C4ISR »
More agile, more integrated, more capable. It doesn’t take an expert to know C4ISR has entered a new era. All you need is a quick look at recent news headlines. Navy SEALS kill Bin Laden in precision mission. Intel surveillance aids Libyan rebels. Satellites monitor humanitarian crisis in Africa. Unmanned drone takes out terrorist leader. [...]
Getting the Big Picture »
Broad Experience Earns QinetiQ North America CEO a Winning Perspective. From analyzing aerial image intelligence for special operations missions over Vietnam to integrating 15 subsidiaries into a coherent whole: Duane Andrews, head of the $1.5 billion defense technology powerhouse QinetiQ North America, excels at taking the long view. With more than 10 years’ experience in [...]
The Big Build-Up »
As U.S. infrastructure continues to crumble, thought leaders call for a national effort on the scale of the moon shot to get American development back on top. More than one in four of the nation’s bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. There are more than 4,000 deficient dams in the United States—and for [...]
CIOs at the Forefront »
CIOs for federal contractors have found themselves out in front of transformations in IT, business and government. What drove the change? The need to serve a unique client as fully, efficiently and securely as possible. To find some of the most forward- looking CIOs in the country, check the government contracting world first. In contracting [...]
Examining the Top Five Peak Markets in Government Contracting »
You can learn a lot from watching where an experienced leader goes. In this time of spending cuts and tightening resources, what kind of actions are the large and successful federal contracting companies taking? Who is divesting or acquiring, and what are they targeting? Where are resources being directed—are new departments or divisions emerging? Tracking [...]
A Keen Observer of People »
For Vangent CEO Mac Curtis, what’s behind every process or solution in a government contract are people — people whose needs should be served with respect and efficiency. Mac Curtis is a keen observer and a hands-on strategist, both qualities he brought to the fore in Vangent Holding Corp.’s pending $960 million acquisition by General [...]
The Go-to List of Top GovCon Advisers »
GovConExec’s Selected Who’s Who List of Strategic Advisers, Investment Bankers and Private Equity Players. It takes strong backs and deft hands to grow and move a company into a new market area—or even to beef up or align assets that a company already owns in a hot market. Strategic advisers take a long-term look, helping [...]
The Emerging National Security Challenge »
Given current and even more severe future budget constraints, the nation will have to respond to a growing range of security missions with declining resources, as well as shed outworn, Cold War-era defense acquisition practices to meet these emerging challenges. The new threats are all too familiar: worldwide and regional instabilities; domestic and foreign terrorism; [...]
STEM — Exciting America’s Future Workforce »
How the contracting sector is coming together to prepare today’s youth for tomorrow’s careers in math and science. Decades after leaving fifth grade, Ed Swallow still remembers the person who had a pivotal role in shaping his future career. A student who tested ahead in math and was already reading Scientific America at a young [...]
Executive Bookshelf: What the leaders are reading »
Being an executive in the ever-evolving government contracting industry requires a sharp mind. Every day, the industry presents new trends, technologies and challenges that impact corporate strategies, and a successful leader’s ability to generate efficient and innovative solutions comes down to one crucial trait — creativity. A creative mind produces ideas. Ideas grow into visions [...]
