Zero Point has secured a potential six-year, $49 million contract to support the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s training programs related to explosive ordnance disposal, radio-controlled improvised explosive devices and electronic countermeasures. The company will also help USSOCOM analyze and engineer counterproliferation systems...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 20, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has worked with Australia’s defense science and technology group to build a long-range, over-the-horizon radar that works to track small and fast-moving objects, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Defense News reported Friday the team completed initial validation on the t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 20, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Federal CTO Susie Adams has said federal agencies should consider Internet of Things technology in efforts to secure devices within their networks, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. She told MeriTalk in an interview published June 13 that such an approach to cybersecurity focuses...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $17.8 million “other transaction” agreement modification from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform additional tasks under phase III of the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node project. The company will work to fabricate, assemble and checkout a second Tern unman...
The GovCon Index fell for a third consecutive session Friday by 0.435 points to 78.356 in a close that snaps the GCI’s four-week gain streak as market activity was shaped by continued reaction to the latest Federal Reserve interest rate outlook and uncertainty over the Brexit referendum. The GCI recorded a weekly decline of...
June 13 – June 17 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson  We shift our focus this week back to GovCon’s merger-and-acquisition environment with one new deal to digest and a second that has brought the purchaser a new landmark contract award. Fairfax...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 17, 2016 ” Research and Markets predicts that the unified communications-as-a-service market will post a compound annual growth rate of 11.2 percent through 2022 due to increased investments, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The market research firm said May 26 the rise of business process outsourcing ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 17, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received an award from Helios HR for the company’s use of innovative technology to support human resources training, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said June 9 it landed the Helios Apollo Award in the innovative technology category for its ...
William Crosbie, former Amtrak chief operating officer, has been named Parsons‘ senior vice president and business development director for its transport division, which provides engineering and management support for aviation, rail transits and ports and harbors. Crosbie will manage the development and implementation of the division’s&n...
The GovCon Index staged a recovery in afternoon trade after a limp open Thursday but closed at a loss of 0.059 points to 78.791 as Britain’s referendum on whether to exit the European Union continued to dominate global financial market activity. All campaign activities surrounding the “Brexit” vote set for Thursday were suspen...
