Adam Wilson, CEO of San Francisco-based software firm Trifacta, has said federal agencies should adopt data wrangling platforms and techniques in order to expedite analysis of big data workloads. Wilson wrote that such tools are designed to help agencies deal with a range of complex information and allow analysts to work directly with the avail...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has secured an $82.4 million contract to convert the U.S. Army‘s M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks to the M1A2S configuration. The Defense Department said Friday contract work will occur in Lima, Ohio and in Sterling Heights, Michigan through March 29, 2019. The Army Contracti...
December 12 – December 16, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week reminded us that change is always a constant in the government contracting arena as we learned of an impending relocation by a large defense contractor and the return of a veteran GovCon...
The National Nuclear Security Administration has selected a subsidiary of Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) for the potential 10-year, $2.6 billion contract to help operate and manage Sandia National Laboratories sites located across four states. NNSA said Friday National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia will lead a te...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, and Rick Lober, a VP and general manager at Hughes Network Systems, were among the executive speakers at the Satellite Industry Association™s Defense Department Commercial SATCOM Workshop, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Cowen-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” NTT Data (NYSE: NTT) will operate and maintain the SAP-based business management platform of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System as part of a five-year agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. “CalSTRS was seeking a vendor that would be able to support expansion of their S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2016 ” Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said cybersecurity and digital transformation are two areas that will trend in the federal information technology sector in 2017 as the next administration takes office. Chehreh told ExecutiveBiz in an inter...
Amit Yoran, president of Dell Technologies‘ (NYSE: DVMT) RSA subsidiary, will join Columbia, Md.-based Tenable Network Security as chairman and CEO effective Jan. 3. Tenable said Thursday Renaud Deraison and Jack Huffard led the security technology company during its search for a new CEO and will continue their respect...
Helene Fisher, former program manager and vice president at Maximus‘ (NYSE: MMS) federal services division, has been appointed president of DLH Holdings Corp.‘s (Nasdaq: DLHC) DLH Danya subsidiary and a newly established operating unit at the Atlanta-based healthcare and logistics contractor. She w...
Kirkland Donald, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former CEO of Systems Planning and Analysis, will officially join Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) board of directors Jan. 1. The 37-year Navy veteran previously directed the military branch’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion program until he retired in 2013...
