Government information technology services contractor STG Group has pushed back its plan to finalize purchase of Preferred Systems Solutions from the first quarter of 2017 to the end of June. Reston, Virginia-based STG said Tuesday it raised the acquisition price of PSS to $119.8 million and offered to pay $925,000 in advance as a result o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2017 ” Deloitte has secured Certified Incident Response Assistance designation from the National Security Agency for a suite of incident response and intrusion detection services that work to support national security systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the CIRA accr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 ” John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has said federal agencies should adopt a targeted approach to address accessibility and security challenges associated with government websites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. He wrote in a guest piece published Monday that agencies should look into w...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary and U.S. Ordnance have secured positions on a potential six-year, $221 million contract to provide flexible and fixed variations of a machine gun system to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Thursday that U.S. Ordnance and General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems busin...
Scott Whatmough, a 30-year veteran of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has been named senior vice president of the defense group at Engility (NYSE: EGL). Engility said Monday Whatmough will lead the group that offers technical and engineering support services to the Defense Department in his new position. ...
Alessandro Profumo, former CEO of Italian bank Unicredit, has been tapped by the Italian government to succeed Mauro Moretti as CEO of Leonardo, Defense News reported Saturday. A spokesman for Italy’s finance ministry told Defense News that Profumo will work to support the state-controlled defense contractor™s business development ef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2017 ” Parsons has secured certification under the Defense Department‘s Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program for its geophysical classification quality and technical management platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the American Associ...
Herbert œHawk Carlisle, a retired Air Force general, has been appointed president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association in a move that will take effect in June. Carlisle will succeed Craig McKinley, who announced plans in August 2016 to retire after a two-year term as NDIA™s president and CEO. œHawk is a seasoned...
Mike LeFever, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and co-founder of Invictus Advisors, has joined Iomaxis as chief operating officer of the Fredericksburg, Virginia-based technology and engineering services contractor. Iomaxis said Tuesday LeFever will help scale the company’ national footprint and operational capacities ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed at an all-time high Wednesday for the second time in three sessions as U.S. stocks also extended their record-setting rally in their best one-day performance of 2017 so far with the S&P 500 composite index above 2,400 for the first time during intraday trade after President Donald Trump̵...
