Weekly Roundup April 17 – April 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We™re rapidly approaching the middle of FY 2017, and amidst all of the news surrounding President Trump™s FY 2018 budget plan, the border wall, and attempts at healthcare refor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 21, 2017 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) Senior Vice President Paul Smith has received recognition from the Institute for Excellence in Sales for his leadership in sales efforts as general manager of the software company’s North American public sector business, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. IES will present...
William LaPlante, formerly a vice president of Mitre, has been appointed as senior vice president and general manager of the nonprofit research company’s Center for National Security. Mitre said Thursday LaPlante will lead efforts to increase the organization’s strategic value across its Defense Department, intellig...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5_Gyqacb-0 Marines from 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment shoot table 5 and 6 at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Marines are in Cuba as part of a CONUS Based Alert Force readiness mission....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2017 ” Parsons Federal Group President Carey Smith has served as keynote speaker at the National Defense Industrial Association™s 33rd Annual National Logistics Forum in Florida, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said April 13 Smith, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2017 ” Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP‘s (NYSE: SAP) U.S. national security business, has urged policymakers to promote collaboration between government and industry in efforts to combat cyber threats against networks and critical infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. He wrote in an opinion pie...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2017 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International is in the running to receive the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum™s Government Contractor of the Year award under the category for companies with $12 million to $25 million in revenue, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The co...
BAE Systems has received a potential $1.79 billion contract from the U.K.’s defense ministry to design and build a nuclear-powered attack submarine for the British navy. BAE said Wednesday that Agamemnon will be the sixth of seven Astute-class submarines to be constructed at a company facility ...
Jonathan Schildkraut, formerly senior managing director for equity research at investment and consulting firm Guggenheim Partners, has joined CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE) as an executive vice president and chief strategy officer at the Dallas-based data center provider. He will report directly to CyrusOne CEO Gary Wojtaszek and oversee the company™s...
The State Department has given Iraq the go-ahead to purchase High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, rifles and other military equipment for the Middle Eastern country™s two Peshmerga infantry brigades and two artillery battalions under a potential $295.6 million foreign military sales agreement. The government of Iraq asked to b...
