FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) has acquired Waterloo, Canada-based unmanned aerial systems developer Aeryon Labs for approximately $200M in a move to expand UAS offerings for military customers. Aeryon will operate under the unmanned systems and integrated solutions division of FLIR™s government and defense business, the Wilsonville, Ore...
A new McAleese & Associates report says the partial government shutdown has temporarily halted after President Donald Trump signed on Friday a continuing resolution to fund agencies through Feb. 15. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, wrote in the report that public attention is now focused on the expirati...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 28, 2018 ” Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) will offer cybersecurity, telecommunications, business process engineering, supply chain management, training and other services to support the U.S. Army’s enterprise information technology operations via a potential $12B contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company sa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 28, 2018 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received recognition for its programs to support the female workforce as well as its transparency in corporate gender reporting, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 17. The company said Jan. 16 Bloomberg’s 2019 Gender-Equality Index gave “best in class” rankings fo...
David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, has said President Donald Trump’s move to sign a measure to temporarily reopen federal agencies affected by the partial government shutdown through Feb. 15 is a œcritically important first step. The move œshows the beginning of finding common ground to a long...
Vectrus™ (NYSE: VEC) systems subsidiary has received a five-year, $151M task order to engineer command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems that support the U.S. Navy™s afloat operations. Work covers end-to-end systems engineering work on C4I platforms the military branch uses to manage shore facilities, strike group...
Dewberry has promoted a dozen staff members within the company’s office in Fairfax, Va., in a series of executive moves that coincides with an expansion of its engineering, architectural and consulting service lines within the D.C. metropolitan region. Phil Thiel took the role of executive vice president with responsibility over Dewberry’...
Bryce Pippert, a more than 12-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been appointed senior vice president of ManTech International‘s (Nasdaq: MANT) federal civilian business, G2Xchange ETC reported Thursday. Pippert joins the Herndon, Va.-based government services contractor after he previously held the roles of SV...
John Hynes, a more than 28-year GovCon industry veteran, has joined Ashburn, Va.-based technology services contractor Applied Insight as CEO. He succeeds Gavin Long, who will chair the AI board, the company said Thursday. AI is one of the two companies that investment firm The Acacia Group formed in 2018 following its acquisition of I...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has received a potential $155.6M task order from the U.S. Navy™s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to support a virtual enterprise network for the F-35 Joint Program Office. The company said Thursday it will provide IT, information assurance and cybersecu...
