Elizabeth Jordan Wilhelm — a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal officer — has joined Janus Global Operations as director of conventional weapons destruction and unexploded ordnance clearance. JGO said Wednesday Wilhelm will work out of the demining and UXO clearance company’s Reston, Virginia office. “...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rebounded Friday on gains by ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) on a second quarter earnings beat, plus boosts by Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB). The GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.292 points to 82.476 and six of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has established a new facility in Augusta, Georgia to provide information technology security services to the Army Cyber Command and other Defense Department components, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The cyber center was built as part of the company’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Parsons will participate at the DEF CON 24 event in Las Vegas from Aug. 4 to 7 as a sponsor of the Car Hacking Village activity, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The conference follows Black Hat USA 2016, where Parsons was also a presenter and exhibited its smart city and cybersec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” American Systems‘ IT Schedule 70 contract with the General Services Administration has received a modification to include the special item number for health information technology services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday SIN 132-56 works to consolidate health IT ...
Christopher Cambria, formerly vice president, general counsel and secretary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings (NYSE: AJRD), has joined Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) as senior VP, general counsel and secretary at the Massachusetts-based processing subsystems producer. He will report directly to President and CEO Mark Aslett and oversee&n...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded downward Tuesday on sharp declines in Boeing (NYSE: BA) and major services-oriented contractors while Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) soared 2.71 percent on news of its board of directors membership agreement with activist hedge fund Jana Partners. The GovCon Index declined 0.316 po...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” A subsidiary of Vencore will provide software that works to locate and characterize cyber weapons that attack the U.S. power grid under a $9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday Vencore Labs will perform research and devel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have extended their partnership to support public sector clients to adopt Microsoft’s cloud computing technology through the former’s open-source software subscriptions, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Paul Smith, Red Hat public sector busin...
Leidos Holdings‘ (NYSE: LDOS) impending merger with the information systems and global solutions segment of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) seeks to both diversify customer mix and lower risk to potential spending downturns in fewer market areas for the future combined company, Leidos CEO Roger Krone told investors at the New ...
