The State Department has approved Israel’s request to buy 13 Leonardo DRS-built 76mm naval guns and technical services under a $440 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. Israel requested the sale of shipboard spares; spares to support repair work; special tools for maintenance; holding and transporta...
Bajinder Paul, formerly associate director at the Federal Reserve System, has joined InfoZen as vice president of strategy and solutions for the Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology services provider™s federal business. Raj Ananthanpillai, chairman, CEO and president of InfoZen, said in a statement released Monday the company expects...
Jennifer O’Connor, former general counsel at the Defense Department, has joined Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) as vice president, associate general counsel and sector counsel for the company’s mission systems sector. Northrop said Friday she will succeed the retiring James Stephenson and report to Sheila Cheston, corporate v...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $541.1 contract modification from the U.S. Army to manufacture lot 15 CH-47F cargo renew and new build helicopters for Netherlands under a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Friday the full obligated amount at the time of award of the modification is from fiscal 2010, 2016 and 2017...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJpZQTmqAXg 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 28, 2017) The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). The ship and its ready group are deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime ...
Weekly Roundup April 24 – April 28 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson For months, we™ve all been reading about the proposed wall along our nation™s southern borders, headlines describing the billions of dollars that will be needed to fund such an...
The U.S. Navy has awarded International Marine & Industrial Applicators and QED Systems positions on a potential $260.1 million contract to help the military branch preserve and install coatings on various naval ships and vessels. The Defense Department said Thursday both companies will compete for individual delivery or...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2017 ” Deloitte has hired FBI veteran Linda Walsh as managing director of the cyber risk services practice within the company’s risk and financial advisory business, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The professional services firm said Tuesday Walsh, who served as a supervisory special a...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plays a starring role in President Donald Trump™s new executive orders, and CBP chief Ronald Vitiello spoke Wednesday morning at the Potomac Officers Club about the new opportunities and challenges ahead. Since Trump™s election, CBP has seen a œdramatic change in the flow of people coming to th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has entered into an agreement with Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) in which the former will act as a managed security service provider of the latter’s Security Fabric products to government and commercial customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Leidos said Tuesday its Fortinet offerin...
