Amir Zekrya, a 20-year financial planning and analysis veteran, has been named vice president of finance at Bethesda, Maryland-based government services contractor Abt Associates. Zekrya most recently led the formation of a business case analysis service for federal mortgage agency Freddie Mac, Abt Associates said Wednesday. His indus...
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) a potential $77 million contract to provide technical services to the FAA’s Office of Security and Hazardous Materials Safety. The company said Thursday it will provide specialized cybersecurity services and help manage systems the agency uses to track hazardou...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 13, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will update the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s network infrastructure in Hawaii under a 10-year contract to facilitate communications support for Pacific theater military operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday the network will drive the trans...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 13, 2017 ” In-Q-Tel has entered into a strategic partnership with biotechnology company Kailos Genetics in efforts to advance the latter’s sequencing technologies for potential applications in intelligence operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Kailos said Tuesday the In-Q-Tel investment will h...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 13, 2017 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will work with enterprise software provider Taqtile to help offer the latter’s mixed-reality technology to the Defense Department in efforts to drive visibility into field operations and assets, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Taqtile said Tuesday ...
Criminal hackers targeting U.S. nuclear power plants and other energy providers present a substantial and “real” threat to the U.S. electric grid Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. However, “the good news” is that the Energy Department has substantial resources to counter the threat and has been “working on ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 12, 2017 ” Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) global defense business will provide rotational exercise design support to the U.S. Army‘s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany under a potential $11 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday Cubic Global Defense will hel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 12, 2017 ” The buildout plan that AT&T (NYSE: T) and the First Responder Network Authority developed for the FirstNet nationwide public safety broadband network has secured its first customer after the Virginia state government joined the program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. AT&T said Monday Virginia...
Anshooman Aga, formerly a senior vice president and chief financial officer at AECOM™s (NYSE: ACM) design and consulting services business in the Americas, will join Cubic (NYSE: CUB) as executive VP on July 17. Aga will take over as CFO on Oct. 1 and succeed John œJay Thomas, who will assume the executive adviser post through...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2017 ” Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) federal business, has said the U.S. Army has utilized the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to predict mechanical issues on Stryker vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Gordy, an inductee into Executive ...
