EverWatch has announced the appointment of Fred Funk, a three-decade defense and intelligence veteran, as chief growth officer, and Diane Nguyen, a more than 25-year financial executive, as chief financial officer. Funk co-founded KEYW and previously served as former president of ASRC Federal’s cyber and signals intelligence systems division, the …

Thomas Lydon, formerly a senior vice president at Sabre Systems, has joined Chantilly, Va.-based technology integrator VT Group as president of the newly established aviation solutions division. He will oversee the combined business of VT Group’s global aviation services and the logistics and engineering capabilities of the newly acquired National Technologies …

Major defense primes General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) did not experience “notable” impacts from the 35-day partial government shutdown, Wells Fargo Securities reported Friday. The investment bank added that Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) projected a March quarter impact of nearly $20M in revenue, while …

Public sector software provider Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) has agreed to purchase MicroPact from Arlington Capital Partners for approximately $185M in cash in a move to broaden its footprint in the federal government sector. Plano, Texas-based Tyler said Friday the companies expect to close the transaction on March 15, subject …

A new PwC report says the value of mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense sector worldwide reached $57.8B in 2018, reflecting a 19 percent drop from the previous year. Despite the decline, PwC said the deal value in 2018 was 83 percent higher than the 10-year average and the third largest in …

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has landed a potential five-year, $73M contract to help the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Dahlgren Division engineer computer programs. Work covers systems and computer engineering, research and development, integration and deployment services, the company said Wednesday. Services will aid NSWCDD in its mission to produce, test and certify …

TYSONS, Va., Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting market, today announced the recipients of the 2019 Wash100 awards.  The Wash100 recognizes the most influential and impactful executives of consequence at the intersection of government and industry. This year’s winners were selected …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 10, 2018 — Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, has said she believes the challenges that women professionals encounter in the defense sector are more “aspirational” instead of institutional, as the industry sees a surge in women leaders …

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Oceaneering International (NYSE: OII) have received five-year contracts to support safety and material work aboard the U.S. Navy’s submarines. The Defense Department said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts cover support for Virginia-class, Seawolf-class, Ohio-class and Los Angeles-class submarines. The contractors …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 19, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has rolled out a Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine that it built with General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat business, two months after the vessel’s christening as USS Delaware, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. HII said Monday its Newport News Shipbuilding division launched …