Lloyd Austin, former U.S. Central Command commander, has been elected to join United Technologies Corp.‘s (NYSE: UTX) board of directors. UTC said Wednesday the retired U.S. Army general will join the company on Sept. 1 and become one of 14 board members. Austin served in the Army for over 41 years and held various com...
United Technologies Corp.‘s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt and Whitney business unit has secured a potential $64 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for F119 engine sustainment services. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $48 million from fiscal 2016 operations and maintenan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 8, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Secondary Reparable program for rebuilding and servicing ground vehicle parts as part of a $249.9 million contract for logistics integration support to the Marines, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Monday it will ser...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 8, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has indicated that the company’s Global Xpress network promotes interoperability between commercial and military communications systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a b...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential four-year, $667.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment to Qatar as part of a foreign military sales agreement. The company will perform work in Mesa, Arizona, through May 31, 2020, under the fixed-price-incentive contract and the Army Contrac...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2016 ” The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has included Phacil in its Fantastic 50 Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth year in a row, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said May 2 the chamber gave the honors during a ceremony held late April. “It is an honor to be ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2016 ” David Keffer, chief financial officer of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has received the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Public Company CFO of the Year award for his contributions to the Washington metropolitan region™s technology community, GovCon Executive reported Friday. NVTC said Thurs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2016 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received an additional $200, 000 from the Office of Naval Research to bring a contract for the development of a U.S. Marine Corps pre-deployment training program to a cumulative value of $1.1 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Vi...
Kymm McCabe, founder and CEO of business development services provider Value Storm Growth Partners, has joined Deloitte™s federal government services practice as a principal of the company™s digital consultancy business. McCabe will focus on Deloitte Digital™s efforts to help federal government clients craft digital strategies an...
John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business segment, has been promoted to corporate senior vice president and president of Oshkosh Defense. The company said Monday Bryant’s responsibilities will cover tactical wheeled vehicle programs, product development, manufacturing, oper...
