Weekly Roundup September 25 – September 29 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Summer has come to a close and the first executive moves of autumn have started to occur. A number of C-suite level executive moves have happened in the past three weeks and are...
Maria Pernas, formerly senior vice president and group general counsel at information technology company Atos, has been named group general counsel at consulting, technology and outsourcing services provider Capgemini. She previously managed contract management and regional legal functions at Atos and served as group diversity program manager f...
As 2017 comes to a close, uncertainty has become a recurring theme in the government and its contracting counterparts. Whether from intra-party polarization, the ever-looming debt ceiling, obfuscation between Capitol Hill and the private sector, or the seemingly untethered gauge of normalcy in these mercurial times, all can attest to the resolute vi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled four new series of satellite buses designed with 280 common components as part of efforts to cut design time and cost, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 20. The company said Sept. 19 the LM 50, LM 400, LM 1000 and LM 2100 lines launched during t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2017 ” Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has committed one million volunteer hours and $50 million in investment to support computer science education at public K-12 schools in the U.S. over five years, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its philanthropic arm Salesforce.org will a...
An industry team led by Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a potential eight-year, $237 million to help the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center develop a combat vehicle experimental prototype. SAIC will lead the group consisting of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), ...
Members of congress, along with Made in Space (MIS), Applied Systems and Technology Transfer (AST2) and high ranking military officials, gathered in Washington, D.C., to facilitate the transfer of a Technical Data Package (TDP) from the Capitol Hill Maker Faire to the International Space Station (ISS) June 21....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7hS-Brmllc PUERTO RICO (Sept. 25, 2017) Sailors assigned to Beach Master Unit Two bring Seabees and Marines ashore in Puerto Rico. The Department of Defense is supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one ...
Versar has agreed to be purchased by affiliates of Los Angeles-based private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management through a cash tender offer. Kingswood agreed to buy all outstanding shares of stock in the Springfield, Virginia-based project management company for 15 cents per share and begin the cash tender offer no later than Oct. 6, Versar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2017 ” Space Systems Loral will support Innoflight in efforts to develop a simulation environment that will work to host cybersecurity tests on U.S. Air Force payloads aboard commercial satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. SSL said Sept. 19 the team will develop the simulation platform for the...
