TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 5, 2016 ” Dave Wajsgras, president of the intelligence, information and services business of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has said the National Cyber Security Awareness Month works to encourage a collective effort to address future cybersecurity challenges, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Wajsgras, an inductee into Executive Mos...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index declined Tuesday with major defense primes and large services companies the major contributors to its losses as U.S. stocks also tumbled on a stronger dollar and a muted global outlook from the International Monetary Fund. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a 2-to-1 ratio, McKesson Corp. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” Kenneth Krieg, a former senior executive of International Paper Corp. and acquisition chief at the Defense Department, has joined American Systems‘ advisory board, GovConExecutive said Monday. American Systems said Monday Krieg seeks to leverage his public and private sector experienc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” A BAE Systems-led program that seeks to replace the British navy™s Vanguard-class submarines has received an estimated $1.7 billion in funds from the U.K. defense ministry, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Saturday the Successor program funds serve to provide for four new subma...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) and the General Services Administration have agreed on a renegotiated contract on the use of collected federal spending data, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. GSA’s Kevin Youel Page wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the new contract expands access to the&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy has used Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 to perform a surface-to-air intercept of an over-the-horizon target at the longest range recorded to date, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the missile was launched from the USS Princeton cr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2016 ” Singapore could potentially procure the F-35 fighter jet built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in the 2030s as the country’s F-15 and F-16 fleet remains operational for the next two decades, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Defense News reported Monday Ng Eng Hen, Singapore’s defense mini...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed flat Monday to start the year’s fourth quarter as a rebound by Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) in conjunction with advances by other large- and mid-tier primes offset declines by KBR (NYSE: KBR) and McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK). GovCon Index gainers slightly edged laggers and eight o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2016 ” The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s joint authorization board has awarded a provisional authority-to-operate to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for its government-focused, cloud-based customer relations management software, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Microsoft said Thursday&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has installed simulation equipment to support training for manned CST-100 Starliner spacecraft missions at NASA˜s Johnson Space Center in Texas, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company designed its Crew Part Task Trainers to help astronauts rehearse various mis...
