Textron™s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $423 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver 25 lot 14 AH-1Z aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps™ H-1 upgrade program. The company will perform work in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, through Februar...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Wednesday on declines by services-oriented contractors as U.S. stocks traded in narrow range with financial shares the main laggards and crude oil prices again a focal point of investor attention. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 4-to-1 ratio as three of its 11 S&P 500 c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has signed a three-year enterprise agreement with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that will allow the former to migrate its workload to the latter’s Azure Government cloud platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology contractor ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” Michael Isman, a vice president and strategic innovation group executive at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has said the company’s new facility in Washington, D.C., will work to promote innovation across the organization, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Isman stated that the I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, has said partnerships between original equipment manufacturers and cloud providers will continue to grow in an effort to address the business and mission requirements of government agencies. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” DigitalGlobe‘s (NYSE: DGI) WorldView-4 satellite has entered service after it completed in-orbit testing and calibration activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday WorldView-4 will work to provide customers direct access to 30-centimeter resolution images, as wel...
Chuck Hicks, formerly chief operating officer and chief financial officer of SC3, has elevated to the role of executive vice president for strategic growth at the Alexandria, Virginia-based technology and consulting services firm. SC3 said Monday Hicks will oversee strategic programs intended to grow the company’s...
Mark Hynes, formerly chief strategy and development officer at Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ: ASPS), has joined cloud software platforms provider Granicus as CEO. His appointment comes after Granicus merged with cloud-based communications software provider GovDelivery, Granicus said Monday. Hynes succeeded former Granicus CEO Jason Fletcher...
The Harris hC2 Software Suite is a complete command and control communications software solution that connects all echelons, from headquarters to tactical edge, making critical information available where and when it’s needed. As part of the Harris hComms Battle and Communications Management Software family, it streamlines network access throu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 6, 2017 ” Don Maruca, Quantum‘s (NYSE: QTM) federal sales vice president, has said government agencies should explore available options in the commercial industry to update their infrastructure in order to utilize and manage their data. “Industry needs to reinforce to [government] customer...
