TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 10, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) will conduct clinical trials to test the efficacy of experimental Chikungunya virus vaccines under a five-year, $10 million task order from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the new work comes under the potent...
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has agreed to purchase the explosive trace detection business assets of Implant Sciences for $117.5 million cash in a push to expand the former’s portfolio of security and detection platforms. L-3 said Monday it will assume specified liabilities under the asset purchase agreement with Implant Scien...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Hal Smith, former associate deputy director at the National Security Agency, to managing director of the intelligence practice within the global consulting firm’s federal government subsidiary. Accenture said Monday Smith has held additional intelligence, security and technology role...
Jacklyn Wynn, an official at EMC™s security division RSA, has said government agencies should work to re-evaluate their cyber defense strategies through the integration of cyber policies and objectives with the way they implement their missions on a daily basis. Wynn, vice president of strategy and market development of global public sect...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered its second loss of at least 1 percent in six sessions Friday to register its second consecutive weekly decline on Honeywell International‘s (NYSE: HON) largest one-day plunge in 15 months on an earnings guidance miss and other falls by mid-tier contractors. Friday’s sharp de...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 7, 2016 ” Randy Wood, vice president of federal sales at F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV), has urged federal information technology leaders to adopt a “zero trust” cybersecurity model, measures to address network performance limitations and network perimeter security, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. ̶...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held higher against narrow trading activity in U.S. financial markets Thursday on strong performances by CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and defense platform makers as Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) rallied to recoup one-half of losses from a steep fall Wednesday. ThursdayR...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 6, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has donated $100, 000 to the Habitat for Humanity in Washington to fund the construction of a house for a veteran’s family, GovConExecutive reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday it will also provide employee volunteers to support DC Habitat in buildi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 6, 2016 ” CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE) will append a new data hall to its Phoenix campus in Arizona to accommodate an additional 32, 000 square feet for colocation services and generate six megawatts of power, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Phoenix data center ...
Alejandro Mayorkas, second-ranked official at the Department of Homeland Security, will join Washington-based law firm WilmerHale in November to support the deep civil and criminal litigation and internal investigations area. WilmerHale said Wednesday Mayorkas will offer more than two decades of experience in public service...
