General Atomics has completed its $14.6 million acquisition of aerospace and defense technical business Miltec Corp. from Ducommun (NYSE: DCO). Ducommun said Monday the sale of its Miltec businesse is one part of its strategy to reduce company debt. Miltec provides weapons and military defense systems engineering, technical and progra...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) have secured contracts worth $130.3 million combined to help reduce radar risks for the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Recapitalization program. The service branch awarded $70.3 million to Northrop’s systems business and $60 mil...
Mar. 21 – Mar. 24 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson A White House-mandated cybersecurity organization created to combine knowledge and experience from the public and private sectors added a new leader this week whose background includes stops on both side...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 24, 2016 ” Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has opened a new cybersecurity training academy that will offer network security certification programs at several locations around the world, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Fortinet Network Security Academy will provide training through six...
Oshkosh Defense has landed a $243.8 million U.S. Army contract modification to deliver a set of light tactical vehicles and trailers as well as provide system engineering, program management and test support. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract requires 657 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, 25 trailers, 2, 977 kits, 175 test...
Ken Myers, former director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, has joined Arlington, Va.-based government logistics service contractor PAE as president of the company™s national security solutions business unit. PAE said Monday Myers will oversee the NSS unit that PAE created in 2015 from its January 2015 acquisition&nbs...
Mar. 14 – Mar. 18 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson A Vienna, Virginia-based contractor that has been among the most prominent small businesses in federal contracting has started a new path in its two-decade journey from humble beginnings. Indus Corp., th...
Ascolta, a subsidiary of ViON, has appointed Brad Cox as chief data scientist and Clint Green as chief technology officer. Cox will be responsible for the design and execution of detection tools intended for network intrusions in his role at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics firm, Ascolta said Thursday. Prior to joining Ascolta, Cox worked ...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 17, 2016 — Leidos Holdings CEO Roger Krone has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership in growth strategy and financial performance. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leade...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2016 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has been included in Ethisphere Institute™s list of the World™s œMost Ethical Companies of 2016 in the scientific and technical services category, GovCon Executive reported March 8. CTC said March 7 Ethisphere used its Ethics Quotient to me...
