TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 21, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will help develop radar array systems that use the active antenna technology of M/A-COM Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: MTSI) as part of a teaming agreement between the companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. MACOM said Tuesday the partnership works to deliver commer...
Tiffanny Gates, formerly vice president of cyber strategies at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, has joined Novetta as president of the company’s federal division. Gates will be responsible for the company’s projects for the U.S. government and for the division’s strategy, business development and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” NTT Communications (NYSE: NTT) has unveiled its fifth data center in Japan that works to support the company’s Nexcenter data center service, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NTT said Monday the Osaka 5 Data Center in the Kansai region features disaster countermeasures to ensure busi...
The GovCon Index attempted to turn around sharp losses incurred mid-afternoon Friday during the day’s final trading hour and closed at a gain/loss of 0.086 points to 72.182. The Index had shown a decline of around 1.1 percent at around 2 p.m. Eastern time before a reversal that started shortly before 3 p.m. as U.S....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise™s (NYSE: HPE) U.S. public sector business, believes the public information technology sector should adapt traditional IT to a cloud-based environment amid emerging cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” MarkLogic™s Enterprise NoSQL database MarkLogic 8 has received the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation certification after it has completed an assessment, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday the evaluation includes standards on...
Los Angeles-based investment firm Platinum Equity has agreed to purchase Arlington, Va.-based government services contractor PAE from New York City-headquartered private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg for an undisclosed sum in a deal the parties expect to close by February 2016, the companies said Monday. Lindsay Goldberg purchased PAE for $350 millio...
Mike Garrity, vice president of finance and administration at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has retired after nearly 40 years of financial management work in the government contracting industry. Garrity told colleagues of his retirement in an email Friday. ExecutiveBiz featured him in a 2008 article on the ...
The GovCon Index closed at a new three-month low for the second time in three days Friday with a loss of 1.218 percent to 72.118 as investors reacted to further declines in oil prices and new economic data points that fell below the consensus analyst outlook. Pharmaceutical services provider McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) was the...
Jan. 11 – Jan. 15 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson America’s space program appears to be the place where government and industry are taking concrete steps toward increased public-private partnerships as a means to spur innovation on both ...
