Greg Pelton, former chief technology officer and vice president for infrastructure engineering at Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM), has rejoined Avaya (NYSE: AVYA) as VP for technology strategy at the Santa Clara, California-based communications technology company. Avaya said Wednesday Pelton will help shape a technology strategy as part of the company’...
Vivek Lall, a more than two-decade aerospace industry veteran, has joined Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as vice president for strategy and business development, Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. Lall previously was chief executive of U.S. and international strategic development at General Atomics for three years. Before that, he...
Talks of a potential combination between Chicago-based Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Embraer have not addressed questions such as the possibility of a joint venture and control over the Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer, Reuters reported Tuesday. Sources told Reuters that a potential JV might not be an effective measure to meet Boeing™s interest ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 2, 2018 ” A Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) employee resource group is collaborating with the University of Arizona on a program that seeks to provide science, technology, engineering and math mentorship to Native-American students, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Dec. 19 the Raytheon American Indian Netwo...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $333.4 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to provide operations and maintenance support services for a surveillance program. The Defense Department said Friday the follow-on sustainment package will include contractor logistics support, engineering and technical u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has partnered with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to offer training to military service members for potential civilian careers in information technology, science, technology, engineering and math, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The U.S. Marine Corps said Saturday the ER...
Weekly Roundup December 25 – December 29, 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson For this week™s round-up we™re counting down the 17 most popular articles published across our three newsletters from this year. The following 17 articles were reviewed and a...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a one-year, $148.5 million contract modification for depot-level maintenance support and sustainment work on F/A-18 A/B/C/D multirole combat jets. The modification exercises an option under a previously awarded contract and includes high flight hour and HFH recurring inspections, modification and...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has purchased Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider Blue Canopy for an undisclosed sum in a strategy to expand the former™s digital platforms offered under a connected enterprise framework. Jacobs said Thursday it aims to broaden the Jacobs Connected Enterprise framework™s digi...
Cristiano Amon, executive vice president of Qualcomm™s (Nasdaq: QCOM) technologies business, has been named president of the San Diego, California-based telecommunications equipment provider in a move that takes effect Jan. 4. Amon will help develop growth strategies for the company™s core businesses in his new position, continue to serve ...
