Vince Campisi, previous GE Digital chief operating officer, has been appointed as United Technologies Corp.‘s (NYSE: UTX) chief information officer and senior vice president for digital services effective Monday. He will work to implement UTC’s digital strategies as well as drive the strategic direction of its global ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2016 ” Siemens Government Technologies will provide design, installation and repair support for fire protection systems at U.S. Navy facilities under the $49 million contract it secured from the service branch in May, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the multi-aw...
Raytheon™s (NYSE: RTN) subsidiary has been awarded an estimated $218 million contract to update monitoring and sensor systems at the Woomera test range in the country’s southern region, Australian Associated Press reported Monday. Max Blenkin writes the 47, 177-square-mile military facility currently houses missil...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2016 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has launched a private cloud computing platform and marketplace specifically to support the Intelligence Community’s software procurement and deployment requirements, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post published Monda...
Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) has received a $75 million contract modification to support the U.S. Air Force‘s Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines III and Beyond program. The Defense Department said Monday the VAATE initiative is a collaborative effort of multiple government agencies and companies that aim to dev...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 20, 2016 ” The Eutelsat 117 West B geostationary satellite, which was equipped with Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) GEO 5 payload built for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System, has been sent to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Raytheo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 17, 2016 ” Research and Markets predicts that the unified communications-as-a-service market will post a compound annual growth rate of 11.2 percent through 2022 due to increased investments, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The market research firm said May 26 the rise of business process outsourcing ...
Rodrigo Kuntz, a 15-year aerospace industry veteran and former CEO at BRVANT Technologic Solutions, has joined Drone USA as chief technology officer of the New York-based unmanned aerial systems manufacturing company. He will lead Drone USA’s efforts to integrate its technological road map and business strategy as well as h...
June 6 – June 10 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Long lines at airport security checkpoints have dominated the headlines lately and the agency responsible for protecting these hubs unveiled a new effort this week that enlists private sector help to keep...
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...
