TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 29, 2016 ” Canada will analyze data collected from Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Saab, Dassault Aviation and the consortium comprised of BAE Systems, Airbus and Leonardo-Finmeccanica as the country seeks to replace its CF-18 fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Reuters repor...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned positive in mid-afternoon trade Wednesday along with U.S. stocks after reports surfaced that major oil producing countries reached an agreement to limit global supply with more details due in November. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 4-to-1 ratio and eight of its 11 S&P 500 compani...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” General Atomics has developed a mechanical arm designed to recover small unmanned aircraft systems in mid-flight, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Breaking Defense reported Monday that General Atomics created the mechanism as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Grant Thornton‘s public sector unit has found that government information technology leaders aim to address challenges in IT infrastructure, management and processes but struggle to recruit new IT professionals, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its two annual surveys...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has tapped OGSystems to provide data processing services for the U.S. Army‘s High-Resolution 3D Geospatial Information program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. OGSystems said its work will serve to support Leidos’ efforts to help the Army Geospatial Cent...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will help NASA‘s Ames Research Center operate and maintain the Aviation Safety Reporting System and Confidential Close Call Reporting System under a $33.9 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the contract aims to support ...
Joe Kelly, a 25-year Defense Department and 15-year government contracting veteran, has joined cybersecurity services company Assured Enterprises as vice president of federal sector operations. Assured said Tuesday Kelly formerly served as acting chief information officer for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board — an&...
The General Services Administration has given federal agencies the go-ahead to use the unrestricted portion of a contract vehicle to procure human capital strategy, training and development and organizational performance support services. GSA said Monday that 77 vendors won contracts under the Human Capital and Training Solutions Unre...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rebounded Tuesday on gains by defense technology makers as U.S. stocks also rose with jumps by technology and retail shares in conjunction with investor optimism on new consumer confidence data. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 4-to-1 ratio and all 11 of its S&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2016 ” Timothy Murphy, Thomson Reuters Special Services president, was featured in Security Magazine’s list of the 19 “Most Influential People in Security” for 2016, GovCon Executive said Monday. Murphy worked at FBI prior to his current position and held various leadership roles within&n...
