The GovCon Index continued to mirror deep losses in U.S. and global financial markets Thursday with a decline of 2.293 percent to 74.525 as investor fears over China’s economy and falling oil prices grew. Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) were the Index’s only two gainers Thursday a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” A Fluor (NYSE: FLR) joint venture will design and build the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway around the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona under a contract awarded by the state’s transportation department, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Fluor said Tuesday the Connect 202 Partners JV w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” Battelle and its partners Schlumberger, Solexperts and the University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center have been chosen by the Energy Department to drill a borehole in North Dakota to test its feasibility for disposal of high-level radioactive waste and development o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” AT&T (NYSE: T), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), Deloitte, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), General Electric, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have tied up in support of AT&T’s strategy to help local governments create more connected communities, ExecutiveBiz reported We...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” Blackboard has hired Bill Ballhaus, formerly president and CEO of SRA International, to chair its board of directors and serve as president and CEO, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Ballhaus brings senior leadership experience from his previous work at SRA, DynCorp International, BAE Systems, Boeing (...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” Parsons has appointed a new group executive vice president to oversee its federal business unit’s global sales operations and strategy, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. “[Gina Trombley] is an accomplished executive and has a proven track record of developing new businesses and markets, &...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 6, 2016 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has migrated the Interior Department‘s Financial and Business Management System to the cloud using infrastructure-as-a-service technology and Virtustream‘s SAP in the Cloud hosting services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. “The [department’s] migration...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 6, 2016 ” A CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) subsidiary has won a time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price, three-year contract worth $35 million from the U.S. Air Force for support to the Distributed Common Ground System, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday SRA will provide management and mainten...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 6, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide the U.S. Army all-source and geospatial intelligence tools under a five-year, $32.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. CACI said Tuesday it will also produce fused and configurable geoint products for the Army’s Facilities, Infrastruc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 6, 2016 ” General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) European land systems business will provide post-production support for the Danish army’s Piranha 3, Duro IIIP and Eagle IV armored vehicles under a new framework contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the contract covers maintenance, repair,...
