Al Whitmore, former senior vice president of the global solutions division at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit, has been named president of intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary in a move that takes effect Oct. 16. He will lead BAE Systems Inc.‘ I&S sector he...
Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, will introduce a potential $1.33 billion framework to provide support services and maintain the British navy™s fleet of aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, frigates and other warships. The U.K. government™s Common Support Model aims to consolidate support contracts into a single structure to speed up...
James Craig, a 35-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense segment as vice president and general manager of ground training systems. œJim brings a wealth of talent, energy and remarkable program execution credentials to Cubic, Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statemen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26hXsWp3uc Sixty years ago today, on October 4, 1957, there was a beeping sound “heard” round the world. It came while the United States and Soviet Union were caught in the fervor of the Cold War, but also at a time when people believed that American ingenuity and industry could overcome any technical cha...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has scheduled a Nov. 10 launch for a Cygnus spacecraft that will carry scientific equipment and supplies to the International Space Station as part of the company’s eighth cargo resupply mission for NASA, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The space agency said Saturday an Orbital A...
General Atomics has purchased Fredericksburg, Virginia-based Syntronics for an undisclosed sum in a move to gain access to the latter company™s knowledge and experience in the development of electromechanical technology platforms. General Atomics said Monday it made the acquisition to expand the company’s footprint in Virginia a...
Metal Shark has won a potential $90 million contract to build up to 50 next-generation patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. The Navy initially ordered 11 PB(X) vessels along with with trailers, spares, training packages and technical support services, Metal Shark said Monday. The company aims to construct a welded-aluminum pilothouse ...
Cameron Chehreh, chief operating officer and chief technology officer of Dell EMC™s federal business, has said government agencies seeking to gain insights from collected data to facilitate the decision-making process and build up citizen services should first focus on the mission outcome. Chehreh wrote that agencies should frequ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 2, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has partnered with nonprofit organization Doc™s Friends to help build an interactive hangar and education facility for a company-manufactured B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft dubbed “Doc,” GovCon Executive reported Sept. 25. Doc’s Friends said Sept. 23 B...
Weekly Roundup September 25 – September 29 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Summer has come to a close and the first executive moves of autumn have started to occur. A number of C-suite level executive moves have happened in the past three weeks and are...
