Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to buy Alexandria, Virginia-based cybersecurity company Defense Point Security for an undisclosed amount in a strategy to expand the global consulting firm™s cyber defense platforms and services for federal agencies. Accenture said Wednesday DPS will operate as a subsidiary within the firm’s...
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has appointed new board of directors and senior executives in support of the implementation of the company™s U.S. Access Plan strategy. Howard Lance, president and CEO of MDA, said in a statement released Monday the firm™s U.S. Access Plan seeks to pursue government contracts in order to provide informat...
Darla Moon, formerly senior vice president of business operations at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), has joined Warrenton, Virginia-based expeditionary mission support services provider Patriot Group International as chief financial officer. Moon spent six years at ManTech, where she helped oversee the company™s large finance team and fac...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index declined Tuesday with major defense primes and large services companies the major contributors to its losses as U.S. stocks also tumbled on a stronger dollar and a muted global outlook from the International Monetary Fund. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a 2-to-1 ratio, McKesson Corp. ...
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has acquired pilot and aircraft maintenance technician training company Aerosim for an undisclosed sum in a push to complement L-3’s airline crew training, resourcing and simulation offerings. New York City-based L-3 said Tuesday it will integrate Aerosim into the defense technology ...
McCrone Associates and Schafer Vallecitos Laboratories have received a pair of potential eight-year contracts to provide non-personal services for the U.S. Air Force™s technical applications center. The military branch awarded McCrone a potential $91 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and Schafer a $90 million indefinite-delivery/indefin...
The U.S. Navy has awarded separate contract modifications to General Dynamics‘ (NYSE:GD) NASSCO subsidiary and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to obtain long-lead time materials needed for the production of two Navy ships. The Defense Department said Monday that Ingalls Shipbuil...
Andy Dougherty, former deputy director of KEYW‘s (Nasdaq: KEYW) survey and exploration systems sector, has been named president of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin-based Continental Mapping Consultants in a move that takes effect Oct. 10. Continental Mapping said Thursday the mapping industry veteran will succeed David Hart...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has installed simulation equipment to support training for manned CST-100 Starliner spacecraft missions at NASA˜s Johnson Space Center in Texas, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company designed its Crew Part Task Trainers to help astronauts rehearse various mis...
Six professional services firms have been awarded separate contracts worth up to $100 million combined for audit support services to NASA. Each indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains one base year plus up to four option years and covers work the Defense Contract Audit Agency has previously performed for NASA, t...
