An Industry Loss. Longtime CACI International Leader J. Phillip “Jack” London, who spent 49 years with the company and managed its growth from a small consulting firm to a high-end, $6 billion government information technology company, died last week at the age of 83. London, who served as a ...

Mayorkas Up. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning will host its first hearing of the year as it considers the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Mayorkas is a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, having ...

Update the No-Fly List. Following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of angry citizens wrongly believing that President Trump was the victim of a stolen election, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) wants some new names added to the U.S. government’s ...

In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource leaders, to the engineers and logistics officers. Jon Rambeau is the vice president ...

Oshkosh Deal. Oshkosh Corp. is acquiring the vehicle engineering and product development company Pratt Miller in a $115 million deal that that will organize the business as a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh’s defense business. Pratt Miller, best known for its products and expertise in the ...

Icebreaker Needs. The U.S. Coast Guard needs more polar icebreakers and should evaluate ice strengthening for some of its high-endurance National Security Cutters and forthcoming medium-endurance Offshore Patrol Cutters, says a new analysis by Rand Corp. analysts. Given the rapidly changing nature ...