Mark Serway, former chief financial officer of government technology provider Govplace, has joined Hitachi Data Systems‘ federal business as CFO and vice president of operations. He will report to HDS Federal President and CEO David Turner and oversee the unit’s controllership, treasury, tax, information technology and customer...
Sierra Nevada Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $205 million contract to provide support services for electronic warfare technology the U.S. Special Operations Command uses to disrupt radio-controlled improvised explosive devices. The Defense Department said Monday SNC will support the command’s Dismounted Counter Ra...
Margaret Anderson, formerly executive director at Washington-based FasterCures, has joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a managing director for federal health practice. Deloitte said Monday Anderson will oversee the firm™s health outcome improvement efforts through the advancement of platforms and collaboration with stakeholders across feder...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 18, 2017 ” Two Cubic (NYSE: CUB) business units have set up exhibits to showcase various technologies at the Air Force Association’s three-day Air, Space & Cyber Conference 2017 in Maryland that began Monday, GovCon Executive reported. The company said Cubic Global Defense and Cubic Mission Solutions...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has agreed to purchase Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) for approximately $9.2 billion in a push to accelerate innovation efforts and expand technology offerings. Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop said Monday it will pay $7.8 billion in cash and assume $1.4 billion in net debt from Orbital ATK under the transact...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is close to finalizing an agreement to buy Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) as Northrop aims to broaden its portfolio of missiles and space platforms, Defense News reported Monday. Defense News cited a Wall Street Journal report that says both companies could unveil the transaction as early as Monday and estimates the de...
Weekly Roundup September 11 – September 15 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, let™s take a look at the current landscape of mergers and acquisitions in the GovCon sector. Notable M&A activity includes: CenturyLink adjusting the clo...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has purchased Colorado Springs, Colorado-based initial flight training company Doss Aviation for an undisclosed amount in a strategy to expand presence in the military pilot training market. New York City-based L3 said Thursday will integrate Doss Aviation into its electronic systems business segment and run the comp...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $599.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to conduct preliminary design activities to convert a pair of 747-8 aircraft into presidential planes. The modification covers the initial design of the future Air Force One fleet that includes the integration of a mission comm...
Manik Rath, formerly a senior vice president at LMI, has been named chief operating officer at Vienna, Virginia-based human capital and information technology services provider C2 Technologies. Rath has more than two decades™ experience in human capital, IT and management consulting in the public sector in support of intelligence and defense ag...
