Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Infoscitex have received contract modifications worth $75 million combined to continue to provide research and development support in the areas of human perception and cognitive technologies for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the modifications to a previously awarded indefini...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 26, 2017 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has appointed Chris Devens, previously Camber‘s operations and business development director, as the new BD director at the Arlington, Virginia-based total acquisition management service provider, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Devens will ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 26, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has helped develop N&C‘s new analytics platform that works to analyze regulatory documents from the Federal Register for commercial, government and non-profit organizations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. N&C said Tuesday IBM supported the creation of a prototype ...
Christine Couch, formerly director of operations at CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has joined MetroStar Systems as senior vice president for the defense and intelligence business at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. MetroStar said Wednesday Couch will be responsible for helping develop and execute the com...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Leonardo have decided to end their partnership to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer aircraft program after the companies failed to “reach a business agreement, †Defense News reported Wednesday. Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna write Leonardo said in a statement published Wednesday th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will support the Air Force Association™s CyberPatriot cyber education program as a Cyber Silver sponsor for the eighth consecutive year, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. AFA said Monday the company hosts the Digital Forensics Event at the CyberPatriot National Finals C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has unveiled a new tagline and website as part of a rebranding effort to showcase the company’s goal to attract and nurture talent and facilitate innovation to support customer missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the redesigned website feature...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and (ISC)2’s charitable trust will award scholarships to six women to support their efforts to achieve cybersecurity degrees and careers, GovCon Executive said Tuesday. Three female college students and three mid-career professionals will be selected for the Raytheon W...
Kevin Scott, senior vice president of infrastructure at business social networking company LinkedIn, has been named chief technology officer at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). Scott will report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as a member of the senior leadership team and will oversee œstrategic, cross-company initiatives, Microsoft said Tuesd...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher Tuesday on a lift from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and government services stocks as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) fell after the defense contractor reported material weaknesses related to internal controls for financial statements at its Sikorsky helicopter subsidiary. All three major U.S. stock indices also...
