Seattle, Washington-based space technology and services provider Spaceflight Industries has bought Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial analytics company OpenWhere for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to accelerate the deployment of Spaceflight’s BlackSky satellite imaging platform. Spaceflight said Tuesday it aims ...
Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) CEO Mike Lawrie said Thursday he will step down from his roles as chairman and a member of the board of directors at the government technology services spinoff CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) August 9. Lawrie announced his departure from the CSRA board approximately one month after CSC announced its intent to me...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 23, 2016 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has entered into an Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) partner program that provides the former an AWS Government Competency designation for its delivery of cloud platforms to government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Partner companies that demonstrate technical prof...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 23, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Chairman and CEO Roger Krone will lead town hall meetings with incoming employees from Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) information systems and global solutions business ahead of the close of a $5 billion deal to acquire the latter, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Forbes reported...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) issued earnings and revenue guidance below analyst expectations Wednesday for the government services contractor’s next fiscal year that starts July 1 on higher indirect costs and selling expenses in conjunction with a forecasted seasonal sales decline in the summer. An additional seven month...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2016 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has launched a private cloud computing platform and marketplace specifically to support the Intelligence Community’s software procurement and deployment requirements, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post published Monda...
Maritime engineering and design company Gibbs & Cox has appointed Chris Deegan, former vice president of the company’s engineering group, to the roles of president and CEO. The Arlington, Virginia-based contractor said Tuesday Deegan will succeed Rick Biben, who will continue to serve on G&C’s board of di...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 21, 2016 ” Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has urged federal agencies to utilize hybrid cloud and integrate private and public platforms as part of their adoption of the as-a-service business model, ExecutiveBiz reported May 11. Rowan wrote in a guest piece published in the Ma...
Sterling, Virginia-based technology and analytics services provider Neustar (NYSE: NSR) will divide into two independent, publicly-traded companies with an intended timeline of one year to completion via a spinoff intended as tax-free. Neustar said Tuesday the two separate businesses will be one focused on information services with $470 million i...
Kim Janson, a former executive at H.J. Heinz and Bank of America, has joined Alexandria, Virginia-based federal technology and consulting services contractor SC3 as EVP of human resources and sales to oversee business development, proposal and recruiting functions. SC3 said Monday Janson will report directly to CEO David Pag...
