Vern Kuehn, formerly a senior vice president at Omaha, Nebraska-based construction, mining and engineering services contractor Kiewit, has been appointed executive VP and general manager of AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) newly created federal construction business. He will be based at AECOM’s office in Arlington, Virginia, and lead the ne...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for proposals on a potential five-year, $350 million contract vehicle that covers professional support services. DISA said in a FedBizOpps solicitation notice published Friday it seeks bids from service-disabled, veteran- and women-owned small businesses for the Agency P...
URS Federal Services, an AECOM (NYSE: ACM) subsidiary, has secured a potential $75 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide warehousing and distribution support services. The Defense Department said Friday URS Federal Services won the five-year, hybrid contract through a competitive acquisition program that drew three ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” NTT Group‘s specialized security company has created a Global Threat Intelligence Center that will serve as a platform for the company’s intelligence resources to coordinate efforts to address security challenges, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday GTIC will r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” Parsons is hosting a National Security Agency exercise at its cyber center in Columbia, Maryland, in support of information assurance and network security training for military participants, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the five-day Cyber Defense Exercise will run ...
Weekly Roundup April 10 – April 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Since the election of President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has been a topic of much discussion, particularly the Customs and Border Protection agency. Trump’s camp...
The State Department has approved Iraq’s request to procure pilot and maintenance training, base support and contractor logistical support for C-172, C-208 and T-6 trainer aircraft under a potential $1.06 billion foreign military sales agreement. Iraq requested contractor aircraft modification services, repair and spar...
Palo Alto, California-based satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral has appointed three executives to oversee the company™s government systems business unit that provides support to U.S. government clients and related programs. Richard White, senior vice president of government systems at SSL, has been promoted to president of SSL Gover...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2017 ” Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) has released a report that points to similarities in the hacking tools and techniques used by a cyber espionage group dubbed œLonghorn and what appears to be CIA, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the Vault 7 documents that WikiLeaks claims to detail CIA ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2017 ” TechnoMile has hired Daniel Osborne, formerly managing director at IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) Bluewolf subsidiary and an information technology veteran in the Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) ecosystem, to serve as managing director, GovCon Executive reported Monday. Osborne will be in charge of dev...
