May 23 – May 27 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Just when we thought GovCon was on a merger-and-acquisition hiatus, two deals have garnered our attention this week with one that has definitive effects in the public sector and a second that might. Our...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 27, 2016 ” Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP), has said the company continues to focus on efforts to build on its software portfolio for national security and classified government programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. He told IT Business Edge in an interview publi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 27, 2016 ” Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services, believes one-third of the U.S. government’s $3 trillion healthcare budget has been underutilized, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Salzman wrote in an IBM Center for the Business of Government blog ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2016 ” SAP‘s (NYSE: SAP) NS2 Serves nonprofit organization has unveiled the newest batch of graduates from its technology training program for post-9/11 military veterans, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. NS2 Serves said Wednesday the graduates received their “Certified SAP Ass...
Government technology services contractor CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will observe the merger of its former parent Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) enterprise services segment for any potential opportunities, CSRA CEO Larry Prior told investors Wednesday. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA entered the mark...
Former Woolpert Chief Operating Officer Scott Cattran has been appointed as the architecture, engineering and geospatial company’s new president and CEO. Cattran started work with Woolpert in 1999 as a phase manager in the Dayton, Ohio, headquarters and has since helped develop the firm’s Western presence and secure&n...
The GovCon Index nudged out a gain of 0.081 points to 78.273 Wednesday on contributions from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and armored truck manufacturer Navistar International (NYSE: NAV). Boeing surged 1.07 percent and Navistar rose 9.09 percent, while shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) rebounded by one-ha...
Cleveland-based aircraft component maker TransDigm (NYSE: TDG) has agreed to purchase databus and power control system manufacturer Data Device Corp. and its parent company ILC Holdings from Behrman Capital for approximately $1 billion in a push to add new products for military, space and commercial customers. Tran...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2016 ” PAE CEO John Heller has said the company is working with Platinum Equity, which bought PAE in January, to establish an organic growth strategy and explore potential investments for the government contractor, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Heller told the publication that the acquisition itse...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has unveiled a new technology offering that works to support satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing services in environments without GPS coverage, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the Satellite Time and Location service is del...
