AM General has received a potential $2.21 billion contract from the U.S. Army to produce up to 11,560 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will deliver expanded capacity Humvees along with associated equipment and spare parts packages to foreign military sales customers. The Army Con...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7BduWEJX8Y New agents learn to shoot a pistol, shotgun, and carbine at the FBI Academy. Rhys Williams, a special agent and instructor with the Firearms Training Unit, explains how and why new agent trainees achieve proficiency with their weapons during their time at Quantico. This video is part of the FBI’s Bec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the company’s Certus multi-service communications platform will be available commercially next year to support the maritime and aviation sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 ...
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 19, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts flight operations. The ship is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. COMPTUEX tests a carrier strike group’s mission-readiness and ab...
IAP Worldwide Services has won a potential $72 million contract to support overseas intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilot and flight operations of the U.S. Army‘s Fixed Wing Project Office. The company said Friday it partnered with Avenge to perform work under the contract awarded through the Rapid Response Third Genera...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS_qMVerLhI The 82nd Airborne Division was officially manned Aug. 25, 1917. As they celebrate their division™s 100-year birthday, the 82nd™s paratroopers remain ready to win the fight....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 25, 2017 ” Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has said the military services under the Defense Department as well as the Justice Department utilize hybrid cloud to support operations amid security challenges associated with data centers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. WTOP ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 25, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will utilize Amazon Web Services‘ (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud platform to assess a new integrated pay and personnel system for the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Navy granted CSRA an interim authorization to conduct a field test of the commercial off-the-shelf human resource ma...
Weekly Roundup August 21 – August 25 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This August the GovCon industry has experienced a great deal of executive moves. As the month comes to a close, let™s take a look at some of the noteworthy executive shifts in the...
Terry DeRosa, formerly chief financial officer of IAP Worldwide Services, has been promoted to CEO at the Cape Canaveral, Florida-based government services contractor. IAP said Thursday DeRosa held the CFO role over the past three years and led the company’s expansion and stabilization efforts as part of a company-wide reorganization...
