TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2017 ” Vencore will provide a range of systems engineering and integration support to undisclosed U.S. government clients under multiple contracts with a total value of more than $130 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday it received the awards during the first quarter of 2017 a...
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a grant to UL to help mitigate security risks for cybersecurity testing of the Internet of Things (IoT) and design gateways for industrial control system (ICS) applications. The DARPA grant will enable UL to identify the main areas of an industrial IoT gateway that re...
Weekly Roundup May 8 – May 12 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson It™s been nearly a decade since Satoshi Nakamoto first dreamt up the core component of the technology known as blockchain “ the decentralized, digital currency Bitcoin has evolved i...
The State Department has approved a potential sale to the United Arab Emirates of $2 billion in Patriot missile systems from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN). UAE requested 60 Lockheed-built Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missiles and Raytheon-made 100 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tacti...
Belcan, LLC announced several new senior hires to its recently launched Belcan Government Services (BGS) group. They include Rodney Hite, Vice President, Growth and Strategy, Clint Green, Vice President, Technology and Innovation, and Bob Kwaja, Vice President, Finance, according to a Belcan press release. Belcan™s new Government Services group...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) will provide professional architecture and engineering services in support of several international customers under a $9 million foreign military sales contract with the U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the contract awarded to AECOM̵...
Weekly Roundup May 1 – May 5 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Earlier this week, Congress finally reached an agreement on the contentious fiscal 2017 budget. The $1.16 trillion omnibus spending bill allocates $598.5 billion in discretionary funding to the Dep...
Peter Sherlock, formerly Mitre senior vice president for the Center for National Security Programs and Technology, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the nonprofit research company. Mitre said Wednesday he will oversee finance, human resources, information technology, security, strategy and business analytics functio...
DLT Solutions announced Wednesday that Art Richer has been appointed the company™s new president and CEO. In his new role, Richer will look to grow the technology company and enhance the foundation of support for DLT™s core vendors within the public sector. œI look forward to leading the DLT team in driving enhanced value across ...
The State Department has approved Kenya™s request to procure MD Helicopters-built MD 530F aircraft, related equipment and support services under a potential $253 million foreign military sales agreement. Kenya asked to purchase 12 units of MD 530F helicopters, M260 rocket launchers, M151 rockets, heavy-machine gun pods, M274 smoke-signature war...
