Maureen Kaplan, former managing director and chief operating officer of Verizon Enterprise Solutions‘ (NYSE: VZ) global security services group, has been named executive vice president of business development at Veris Group. Kaplan will be responsible for the Vienna, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm’s business d...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has appointed Steve Fendley as senior vice president and general manager/chief technology officer for the Composite Engineering Inc. business unit of the company’s unmanned systems division. Kratos said Thursday Fendley will oversee CEi business and manage the expansion of the unit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2016 ” A Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joint venture will help fund the development of Aerojet Rocketdyne™s AR-1 and Blue Origin™s BE-4 rocket engines, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. National Defense magazine reported Tuesday that United Launch Alliance will invest in the on...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has unveiled its Customer Experience Platform that is designed after the high security and privacy requirements of government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported March 3. The company said March 2 the cloud-based customer service platform utilizes Genesys technology and is com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2016 ” CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE) has held a “topping out” ceremony to mark the completion of the steel framework to its future data center facility in northern Virginia, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the data center campus in Sterling will occupy an area of 230, 0...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2016 ” Inmarsat has received recognition from the Mobile Satellite Users Association for the Global Xpress satellite communications network, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Inmarsat said Tuesday MSUA presented the 2016 Top Government Mobility Satcom Innovation award to the company during the...
Frank Wiercinski, formerly a group vice president at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined Cubic (NYSE: CUB) as senior VP and managing director of its global defense segment’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region. He will manage the segment’s customer base i...
The General Services Administration has awarded 31 companies spots on two potential 10-year contracts worth up to $30 billion combined to provide building maintenance and operations support at the federal government’s Zone 1 sites. Nine companies will compete for task orders under the BMO Unrestricted contract and 24 vendor...
General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit has been awarded a potential five-year, $75 million contract to supply and maintain software for a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services equipment management initiative. CMS will use the software to process claims submitted by suppliers for the Durable Medical...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has unveiled a new facility in the U.K. that will house the assembly, integration and testing of the Armored Fighting Vehicles in the country, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the facility in South Wales is scheduled to be fully operational by 2017 an...
