Weekly Roundup July 24 – July 28 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Open source intelligence (OSINT), as described in a previous Weekly Round Up column, is an incredibly powerful research methodology that is already being used by forward looking compa...
The former government services business of Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) that private equity firm Veritas Capital acquired in April has adopted the name Peraton after temporarily operating as MHVC Acquisition Corp. Peraton said Friday its new name derives from the concept that the company supports government customer missions that are crit...
Wayne Lewandowski, formerly vice president of federal business at Thales e-Security, has joined HyTrust as senior VP and general manager for North American public sector business. Lewandowski will work to turn the federal advisory board™s advice into action as he oversees the company™s work with defense agencies and other federal...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a potential $122.8 million delivery order by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply aircraft spare parts to the U.S. Navy. The order falls under a previously awarded contract that contains a five-year base period along with one five-year option and work is scheduled to occur through Dec. 30, 2020, the Def...
Mark Fisher, formerly vice president and general manager of Schafer‘s aerospace business, has joined Dynetics as program manager for space hardware within the applied science company’s space systems division. Dynetics said Tuesday Fisher brings approximately 30 years of aerospace industry experience in program management, flight ope...
Weekly Roundup July 17 – July 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Several executive moves this summer look to make a significant splash across the GovCon community. Last Friday, Battelle’s Board of Directors announced that Lewis “LouÃ...
U.S. Special Operations Command’s top unfunded priority is to equip C-130s with lasers, according to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb of Air Force Special Operations Command. Currently, command has money for only “the first steps” of the project, he said. AFSOC wants to install a moderately low kilowatt laser in order to prove the concept a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has placed a $1.1 million investment to help advance the development of an artificial intelligence tool that Canada-based contextere intends to support aerospace and defense maintenance personnel, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The intelligent personal agent wi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2017 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has entered into a partnership with Splunk in efforts to develop an integrated analytics-based cybersecurity service that utilizes data and insights from the companies’ technology platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Splunk said Tuesday the team has l...
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly five months last week to a seasonally adjusted 233,000. This level was lower than anticipated, as economists had predicted claims falling to 245,000. Last month 222,000 jobs were created, swelling payrolls to their second biggest tally this year. The week...
