Jenette Ramos, formerly vice president and general manager of fabrication at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) commercial airplanes business, has been named senior VP for supply and operations of the aerospace and defense contractor. The 29-year company veteran succeeds Pat Shanahan, who was nominated in March by the Trump administration for the deputy ...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has won a potential $498 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide commercial infrastructure services for the milCloud 2.0 private cloud platform for Defense Department networks. Five proposals were submitted to DISA for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers mi...
Bob Beck, vice president and general manager of IPsoft Government Solutions, has said government agencies should adopt cognitive technologies and other artificial intelligence platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Beck wrote that virtual cognitive assistants work to automate routine activities and address citizens™ needs...
Weekly Roundup June 5 – June 9 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This past Wednesday, President Trump brought attention to his plan to overhaul the crumbling infrastructure of the U.S. During a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump called for bipartisan coope...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 9, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has collaborated with Cray to develop multilevel security platforms that work to protect information technology systems while supporting various workloads, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Cray said Wednesday the strategic alliance aims to market and sell MLS offerings such as the C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 9, 2017 ” BAE Systems has added a new geospatial intelligence product to its portfolio that utilizes commercial and military satellite data and analytics technology to support mission planning and decision-making at military and civilian agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the&n...
Christian Marrone, a CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) vice president and chief of staff, has been promoted to a senior VP role at the Falls Church, Virginia-based technology services contractor, GovCon Wire has learned. In this capacity, Marrone is responsible for CSRA’s external relations function, strategy to strengthen relationshi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 8, 2017 ” Robert Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Space Systems Loral‘s government systems business, has participated at the GEOINT 2017 Symposium as moderator of a panel discussion on next-generation satellites, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said June 1 it wa...
Jerald Howe Jr., formerly a partner at law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, will join Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as executive vice president and general counsel. The more than 30-year industry veteran will succeed Vincent Maffeo, who will continue to support Leidos as a consultant after he retires July 15, the com...
National security solutions provider Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) received $5 million in Orders for specialized satellite communication systems and other hardware from U.S. national security customers, the company announced Wednesday. “Our entire organization is proud to support certain of the United States’...
