TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2021 — Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) federal business, said the company seeks to develop and optimize devices that could help the Department of Defense manage cloud data processing work in austere operational environments, ExecutiveBiz reported April 15. C4SIRNET reported April 14 that DODR...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business has received a potential $234 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to update Blocks 1 and 2 of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to facilitate the integration of GPS Block III Follow-on satellite capabilities. The Space and Missile Systems Center obligated $2...
The Department of Defense will cancel all projects related to border wall contruction that are backed by funds initially intended for military projects, missions and functions in compliance with President Joe Biden’s proclamation. “DOD has begun taking all necessary actions to cancel border barrier projects and to coordinate with interagency par...
Stu Shea — chairman, president and CEO at Peraton and a 2021 Wash100 winner — has offered a glimpse into the nine business sectors that will arise out of the Peraton-Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) merger slated to close in a few weeks. Shea said Thursday in a regulatory filing the businesses set to be formed by...
Ametek (NYSE: AME) has closed its $1.35 billion cash acquisition of Huntsville, Alabama-based embedded computing systems provider Abaco Systems from private equity firm Veritas Capital. Abaco, which generates approximately $325 million in annual sales, will operate under its new parent organization’s business group that offers analytical, disp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2021 — CAES will manufacture a millimeter frequency converter to supply to an undisclosed client that develops fifth generation wireless technologies and looks to apply the CAES technology to 5G equipment, ExecutiveBiz reported April 14. The ordered mmW up- and down-converter will be designed to enable multichannel com...
An Institute for Security and Technology task force has released a report outlining a comprehensive framework of 48 recommendations that government and private sector leaders can implement to counter the threats posed by ransomware, GovCon Wire has learned. The framework developed by IST’s Ransomware Task Force is structured around four interlocki...
Paul Dillahay, president and CEO of NCI Information Systems, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Tuesday during a recent visit to NCI by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Paul Dillahay is a heads up CEO that has transformed NCI into a robust enterprise-wide IT solutions provider, while...
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has promoted Jennifer Chronis, a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient with over 25 years of experience in digital transformation, to the role of senior vice president of its public sector business from her most recent post at the company as VP of federal. The company said Wednesday Chronis will now be responsible for...
Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business earned $7.2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, a 19 percent increase from the same period a year ago. The segment accounted for almost half of the total $15.2 billion company revenue for the quarter and reported a 5.6 percent increase...
