The GovCon Index mirrored wild volatility in U.S. markets Wednesday to close at a decline of 0.703 points to 71.438 with an attempt to recover from steep and rapid declines during morning and mid-afternoon trade. The Index showed a 3.5 percent decline at around 12 p.m. ET and fell further to a 4.5-percent loss shortly...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has named Preston Dunlap as the national security analysis mission area executive, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Dunlap was formerly a national security fellow at the national security analysis department of Johns Hopkins APL, the lab s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” NCR (NYSE: NCR) will deploy its Retail ONE omnichannel software platform at the Defense Commissary Agency to support DeCA’s global network of military commissaries, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Stan Ratcliffe, president of NCR’s government systems business, said in a press relea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) collaborated with Affigent and ThunderCat Technology to install its switching technology into the U.S. Air Force‘s data transport system, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Juniper said Tuesday the collaboration is in support of contracts awarded to Affigent and Thu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Technical and Project Engineering will work with partners Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) and Keith Stalder & Associates to provide training systems and support services to the U.S. Marine Corps under a $28.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. TAPE said Friday the contract covers su...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will help to update the Internal Revenue Service‘s processing systems for paper tax filings, remittances and information returns under a five-year, $100 million contract. The company said Wednesday it will operate and maintain the IRS systems that convert paper-based submissions to their electronic forms, proce...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” NTT Communications (NYSE: NTT) has unveiled its fifth data center in Japan that works to support the company’s Nexcenter data center service, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NTT said Monday the Osaka 5 Data Center in the Kansai region features disaster countermeasures to ensure busi...
David Lee, formerly vice president of strategy and operations at Noblis NSP, has joined software development and analytics contractor Vistronix as president of the intelligence and digital data business. Vistronix said Tuesday Lee will oversee the company’s strategy and technology programs for the delivery of its analytics offerings to in...
The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) will pay $7.4 billion to acquire Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) subsidiary Veritas under amended financial terms of a proposed acquisition deal the parties expect to close Jan. 29. Symantec and Carlyle previously announced an $8 billion purchase price for the data management business. Michael Brown, Symantec pr...
General Atomics will deliver more MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles under a $43.7 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force as part of a foreign military sale agreement with France. The Defense Department said Tuesday the undefinitized contract action covers France’s second MQ-9 system. France previously placed a potent...
