Christopher Zember, former director of the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy, has been named chief technology officer of Alion Science and Technology. He will be  responsible for developing Alion Science’s technology roadmap in his new position, the McLean, Virginia-based govern...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index failed to reverse its steep morning decline Friday despite a significant gain by the S&P 500 as a record intraday plunge by Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) on a large contract loss weighed on the GCI against a 2-to-1 ratio in favor of green stocks. Six of the GovCon Index’s 11 S&P 500 ...
September 26 – September 30 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The 2016 federal fiscal year ends today and so has — for now — fears over another government shutdown as President Barack Obama signed a bill late Thursday to extend funding fo...
AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has named Mark Whitney, formerly principal deputy assistant secretary for the Energy Department‘s office of environmental management, as chief operating officer of the company’s nuclear and environment strategic business unit. Whitney is a nuclear energy and environmental industry veteran and member of th...
QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS) has appointed Steve Bloom, formerly senior vice president and chief human resource officer for ProBuild, as the new QTS chief people officer. Bloom has provided organizational management, strategy development and talent management in industries such as technology, healthcare, consumer products and financial ser...
Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has received a $409 million order to produce 1, 661 family of medium tactical vehicle trucks and 31 trailers for the U.S. Army. The order is for the seventh performance year on a previously awarded FMTV contract and the company’s defense business segment will continue deliveries of the veh...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 29, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) will collaborate on the development of a new avionics technology that will work to support present and future aviation missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Harris will integrate a common processing hardware with Boeing’s Secure Computing Solu...
Randy Wotring, former president of the management services segment at AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has been appointed to a newly-created role of president of technical and operational services in a move that takes effect immediately. AECOM said Thursday that transition will also see John Vollmer, previously executive vice president an...
The Transportation Department has awarded Noblis a potential five-year, $202 million contract for technical services to the joint program office for intelligent transportation systems at DOT’s Federal Highway Administration agency. Noblis said Thursday it will provide subject matter expertise and tools that can work&nb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” General Atomics has developed a mechanical arm designed to recover small unmanned aircraft systems in mid-flight, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Breaking Defense reported Monday that General Atomics created the mechanism as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen...
