Washington-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has agreed to purchase the defense and security business segment of robotics technology maker iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT) for up to $45 million as the latter company continues on its realignment toward the consumer market. Bedford, Mass.-based iRobot said Thursday both companies expect to clo...
Karl Jensen, formerly senior vice president of business development at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined Colorado-based engineering firm CH2M as SVP and federal portfolio lead. In this capacity, Jensen oversees the development and delivery of engineering services and platforms to government agencies. At CACI, he was responsible for the com...
Donald Kosiak, vice president for medical development and eCARE executive medical director for Avera Health, will join Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as chief medical officer on Feb. 8. Kosiak will oversee the company’s efforts to align its business strategy across the health solution group and the whole company, Leidos said Wednesday. “Don is...
X Corp Solutions has received a potential five-year, $50 million contract to provide counterintelligence and security support services to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. DTRA awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract through a competitive acquisition with nine proposals received, the Defense Department said ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 3, 2016 ” American Systems will provide transition planning and policy development support to the General Services Administration™s transition coordination center under a potential $34.3 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the task order works to support federal a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 3, 2016 ” TeleCommunications Systems (Nasdaq: TSYS) and Intersec will provide location-based service platforms to a wider market through their recently formed strategic partnership, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. TCS said Tuesday the partnership will work to deliver both companies™ core services such as cro...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 3, 2016 ” ViON will feature its platforms in the 2016 Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium organized by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association in Colorado, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will exhibit its cyber analytics and big data platforms as well as Hitachi ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 3, 2016 ” Unisys‘ (NYSE: UIS) new client service center in Augusta, Georgia, has launched to provide information technology services to public- and private-sector customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will work with the Fort Gordon Cyber Center of Excellence, August...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 3, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) will provide full-flight simulators and aviation training services to several international customers under contracts worth an estimated $250 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will supply nine simulators and other training equipment, delive...
Keith Block, president and vice chairman of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), will serve in the additional role of chief operating officer at the San Francisco-based cloud computing company. He will lead day-to-day operations as well as global sales, partnerships, channels, strategy, customer service and consulting functions, Salesforce said Tuesday. Sal...
