Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has put some parts of its critical networks division up for sale in a transaction that could be worth more than $1 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday. Mike Stone and Michael Flaherty write the potential divestiture includes Harris™ information technology services operation and comes a month after the&...
McLean, Virginia-based strategy consulting services contractor Attain has acquired cloud technology provider ACF Solutions in an effort to add new Salesforce knowledge and additional services to customers in the government, education and nonprofit sectors. Attain said Tuesday ACF will act as a subsidiary and be led by co-fou...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” A BAE Systems-led program that seeks to replace the British navy™s Vanguard-class submarines has received an estimated $1.7 billion in funds from the U.K. defense ministry, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Saturday the Successor program funds serve to provide for four new subma...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) and the General Services Administration have agreed on a renegotiated contract on the use of collected federal spending data, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. GSA’s Kevin Youel Page wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the new contract expands access to the&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy has used Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 to perform a surface-to-air intercept of an over-the-horizon target at the longest range recorded to date, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the missile was launched from the USS Princeton cr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” Singapore could potentially procure the F-35 fighter jet built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in the 2030s as the country’s F-15 and F-16 fleet remains operational for the next two decades, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Defense News reported Monday Ng Eng Hen, Singapore’s defense mini...
The U.S. Navy has awarded separate contract modifications to General Dynamics‘ (NYSE:GD) NASSCO subsidiary and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to obtain long-lead time materials needed for the production of two Navy ships. The Defense Department said Monday that Ingalls Shipbuil...
Andy Dougherty, former deputy director of KEYW‘s (Nasdaq: KEYW) survey and exploration systems sector, has been named president of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin-based Continental Mapping Consultants in a move that takes effect Oct. 10. Continental Mapping said Thursday the mapping industry veteran will succeed David Hart...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed flat Monday to start the year’s fourth quarter as a rebound by Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) in conjunction with advances by other large- and mid-tier primes offset declines by KBR (NYSE: KBR) and McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK). GovCon Index gainers slightly edged laggers and eight o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2016 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has unveiled updates to the Sailfish analytics platform in support of operations such as vehicle safety, vaccine dissemination and anti-human trafficking, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the updated Sailfish will be available in a free trial vers...
