Private investment firm GI Partners has completed its acquisition of GTY Technology Holdings (Nasdaq: GTYH), a Boston-based provider of cloud software platforms for the public sector. The deal was first announced on April 29 and was approved by GTY shareholders on June 30, the companies said in a joint release published Thursday. Under the terms...
ExecutiveBiz featured Kerron Duncan, director of technology for the chief information office with Northrop Grumman, in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about his over two decades of career at Northrop and the work his team is responsible for to meet customers’ mission requirements. The Q&A also tackled ...
Chuck Prow, chief executive officer of the recently formed V2X, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the eighth time he’s received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosaic recognizes Chuck Prow as one of the mo...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, to talk about his strategic growth goals, the challenges of federal talent recruitment as well as the business side of innovation. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Ligh...
Vectrus has closed its all-stock merger with The Vertex Company to form a new government services provider that will be known as V2X and has an estimated pro forma annual revenue of $3.4 billion. Both companies announced the transaction March 7, saying the combination looks to grow across the GovCon market areas of operations and...
Dan Jablonsky, CEO of Maxar Technologies and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about the company’s goal of expanding its market position in space and Earth intelligence sectors and the recent contract wins that continue its long-term partnership with the U.S. gove...
Tactical Air Support will reconfigure and modernize Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) F-5 aircraft to meet the requirements of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under a five-year, $265.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Department of Defense said Friday 16 F-5E and six F-5F Tiger II fighter jets will be transformed from th...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 27 companies spots on a potential $950 million contract to develop and operate systems across land, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control battlefield strategy. Contractors will compete for orders under the indefinite-...
The commercial business industry was dealt a bad hand past few years—from COVID-19 shutdowns to global supply chain disruptions. Countless small businesses closed their doors for good, negatively impacting several industries. However, the government contracting industry stood its ground. Stability in the face of uncertainty and the opportunity to ...
Austal’s U.S. ship manufacturing division will design and build offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard under a potential $3.3 billion contract. USCG plans to procure up to 11 Heritage-class ships that will replace the service branch’s aging fleet of endurance cutters and support various national security missions in coastal areas and o...
