TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 17,  2015 — Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, points to distributed energy, automation and unmanned systems as key to her long-term goals at the company. She told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Nov. 10 that these areas have growth potential in the federal government sector …

Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2013, reporting a 5 percent year-over-year increase in revenue for the government communications systems segment. Revenue for the segment totaled $465 million during the most recent quarter, compared with $444 million in the prior-year period. …

VT Group has hired Daniel Bertram to lead the firm’s Unmanned Systems business. According to the firm, “he will have responsibility for the vertical and horizontal expansion of VT Group’s Unmanned Systems services offering worldwide.” “We are excited to have Daniel Bertram join VT Group, ” CEO Dave Dacquino said. …

VT Group has a deal in place to purchase the Evergreen Unmanned Systems business unit of Evergreen International Aviation Inc. Evergreen Unmanned Systems supports Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with focus on training, logistics, operations, payload integration and testing to a range of government and commercial customers. “Over the next 10 …

BAE Systems announced that it has purchased VT Group’s 45% shareholding in BVT Surface Fleet Limited (BVT), making BVT a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAE Systems.  BVT will be renamed BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited. Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems’ Group Managing Director, Programmes & Support, said of the acquisition, “Bringing BVT …

In an agreement signed today. VT Group has exercised an option to sell its 45 percent shareholding in BVT Fleet Limited (BVT) to BAE Systems for the consideration of approximately $569 million. In addition, VT Group will invest almost $71 million of capital into BVT to settle claims and other …

Ed Caso and Justin Donati, both analysts at Wells Fargo Securities, reported that government services providers are increasingly taking note of potential revenue opportunities in the space domain.

On Monday, GovConWire reported that President Trump would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to succeed Dan Coats as the director of National Intelligence.  “I think that John Ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job, if he gets approved,” Trump told reporters at the White House via CNN. “I think …

Doug Natal, former vice president and general manager of the federal systems division at MapR Technologies, has joined data analytics company Sumo Logic as general manager of its federal unit. The 20-year government technology market veteran will oversee Sumo Logic's go-to-market strategy that focuses on providing mission support to U.S. public sector clients.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2019 — VT Systems‘ shipbuilding business works to ensure its new blast and paint facility in Mississippi, which became fully operational in October, is aligned with its effort to follow environmentally responsible business practices for marine construction, ExecutiveBiz reported April 9. MarineLink reported April 5 …