Erik Smith, vice president and general manager for sensor systems at Saab Defense and Security USA — a Saab Group subsidiary — has been appointed president and CEO of the business. “Erik has extensive experience in the U.S. defense industry and has a demonstrated understanding of how to navigate our market area’s unique marke...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 12, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has begun the assembly of the four major structural components of Israel’s first F-35A aircraft at a facility in Texas ahead of its delivery in late 2016, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Sunday the first of 33 F-35A Adir conventional takeoff an...
Parsons has appointed Kurt Tripp and Christian Alexander to new leadership roles within its newly-formed federal government business unit as part of the Pasadena, Calif.-based engineering and construction company’s realignment. Tripp, who joined Parsons in 2011, has been appointed senior vice president and manager of busine...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential one-year, $80 million contract modification to perform computer program baseline design work on Aegis combat systems aboard the U.S. Navy™s warships. The service branch awarded the contract modification to exercise the options under the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent prog...
Christopher Noone, formerly head of the public sector independent software vendor business of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has joined Fonteva as vice president of business development. Noone will be responsible for the company’s endeavor to increase revenue for emerging product lines, Fonteva said Monday. Jerry Huskins, CEO of Fonteva, said Noone&#...
The GovCon Index attempted a recovery from steep morning and midday losses as Monday’s closing bell approached after another volatile day for U.S. markets but ended at a loss of 0.531 points to 73.407. Both the GovCon Index and S&P 500 composite index were down a full percentage point in mid-afternoon before a swing into...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2016 ” Carahsoft Technology will sell Aconex™s cloud-based collaboration tools through a General Services Administration schedule contract to U.S. government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Aconex said Thursday the partnership agreement works to market and sell the online software company...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) let NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Eric Boe do a trial run of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft using company-built training devices, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Boeing said Thursday these devices are equipped with CST-100’s switches and display panels to prepare the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2016 ” Jill Bruning, executive vice president and general manager of the Intelligence Community business at AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has received recognition for her work in the business services sector, GovCon Executive reported Friday. AECOM said Wednesday Bruning was presented the Female Executive of the Ye...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2016 ” Oman’s request to buy 407 of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) TOW 2B Aero radio-frequency missiles and fly-to-buy missiles under a potential $51 million foreign military sale agreement has received clearance from the State Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Security Cooperatio...
