TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” Bill Birkhofer, senior vice president for aerospace and defense at Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC), has said the company sees opportunities in commercial space launch services and the “commercialization” of low Earth orbit, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Birkhofer, an inductee into Execut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” Tony Frazier, senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), has said the company’s planned $140 million acquisition of The Radiant Group serves to integrate the latter’s software development and engineering workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. National De...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed at a slight loss Wednesday to show a fourth session of tight movement over the last five on mixed activity in its large-cap members as U.S. stocks rode gains by energy producers on a 15-month high settlement in crude oil prices. GovCon Index laggers slightly edged gainers and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received the 2016 Industrial Award from the Air Traffic Control Association in recognition of the company’s work in air traffic control modernization efforts, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday ATCA presented the award during the organizatio...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2016 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) will help update the Customs and Border Protection agency’s Land Border Integration systems that work to identify people and vehicles transiting through U.S. ports of entry, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the five-year Integrated T...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2016 ” IAP Worldwide Services will install a ground intelligence system at Fort Hood and military facilities outside the U.S. under a potential $53 million contract from the U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the contract was awarded through the Rapid Response T...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) has secured contracts worth $76.3 million combined from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy as well as Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary and Rotorsim to provide aircrew training services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The training services will cover operators and crew on the KC-135, T-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2016 ” The U.S. public sector business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has been named a “major player” among systems integrators that serve the federal government in an IDC MarketScape vendor assessment study, GovCon Executive reported Monday. HPE said in a blog post pub...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed just shy of a full 1-percent gain Tuesday on a large upswing by Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) after the company’s successful rocket launch Monday night and gains by other prime contractors. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 9-to-1 ratio and 10 of its 11 S&P 500 companies adva...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2016 ” American Systems‘ engineering and analytical solutions division has achieved AS9100C aerospace quality management system certification, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. In preparation for the certification, EASD underwent a two-day external audit of its contracts and program managem...
