The State Department has approved Canada™s request to buy Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft and related equipment and services from the U.S. government under a potential $5.23 billion foreign military sales agreement. Boeing, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) will ser...
SOS International has acquired Vienna, Virginia-based data analytics and cyber platforms provider Defense Group Inc. for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its client base and broaden technical capabilities in the field of cyber intelligence. The transaction marks SOSi™s second purchase in the intelligence sector after it bought defens...
Enlightenment Capital has invested in Cadmus Group to help the Waltham, Massachusetts-based professional services contractor implement its growth strategy and explore acquisition opportunities. Cadmus said Monday it aims to expand the firm’s consulting services into new domain and geographic markets. “We look forward to supporting C...
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (Sept. 8 and 9, 2017) Multiple air operations conducted on St. Croix and St. Thomas islands using U.S. Navy helicopters. During the missions, food, water and emergency supplies were delivered and patients were evacuated. These missions were conducted by the Department of Defense at the request of Federal Emergency Management Agen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizhOt4UVXA Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy™s Office of Naval Research (ONR), seeks to greatly increase the effectiveness of forward-deployed small-deck ships such as destroyers and frigates by enabling them to serve as mobile launch and recovery sites for specially designed unmanned air sys...
The State Department has cleared Bahrain™s request to buy F-16V fighter aircraft variant, services for the upgrade of F-16 Block 40 jets to F-16V configuration, TOW missiles and fast-patrol boats under four foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $3.95 billion combined. Bahrain requested to purchase 19 F-16V fighter...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has entered into a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish a $240 million laboratory that will facilitate joint research and development efforts in artificial intelligence, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it will work with MIT to op...
Weekly Roundup September 4 – September 8 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson As the summer comes to a close, let’s take a quick look at the public-to-private sector executive moves over the past few months. A number of high ranking public sector offici...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed Troy Lahr, vice president of investor relations, to serve as chief financial officer of the autonomous systems business and board member at the company’s United Launch Alliance joint venture with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) beginning Sept. 22, GovCon Executive reported Thu...
Four companies have received separate contracts from the Customs and Border Protection to build prototypes of the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall using materials other than concrete. CBP said Thursday agency officials will meet with the four awardees – Caddell Construction, ELTA North America, KWR Construction and W.G. Yates &a...
