Stephen Chipman, former CEO of Grant Thornton, has been appointed CEO of Boston-based global expansion services provider Radius. Radius said Thursday Chipman will succeed Chris Stone, who will continue to serve as a member of the company™s board of directors. Stone said Chipman is expected to help Radius advance its growth plans through expansi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 2, 2016 ” Parsons will work to deliver research and development as well as engineering services to the Naval Research Laboratory under a previously awarded $245 million multi-award U.S. Navy contract, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract covers support to NRL’s inform...
The First Responder Network Authority closed the process Tuesday for the submission of final bids from vendors interested in the contract to build a proposed national public safety broadband network for first responders. FirstNet CEO Mike Poth said Tuesday the agency will now move to the evaluation phase and plans to make a contract award...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., ‘June 1, 2016 — The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — announced the addition of three new speakers at their Spring 2016 Cybersecurity Summit. Patricia Larsen, Co-Director, National Insider Threat Task Force of Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Dav...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 1, 2016 ” Philips (NYSE: PHG) will look into location-aware assisted living technologies to support patients with mild cognitive impairment under a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the grant covers research on Ambient Assisted Livin...
Airbus‘ defense and space business has received an estimated $127 million contract to provide commercial satellite communication services to the German armed forces through 2023. The German armed forces will use C- and Ku-band transponders for voice and data applications in Germany, between main overseas bases and for Navy vessels, Airbus said...
May 23 – May 27 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Just when we thought GovCon was on a merger-and-acquisition hiatus, two deals have garnered our attention this week with one that has definitive effects in the public sector and a second that might. Our...
The State Department has approved a possible $420 million foreign military sale of F/A-18 C/D support services and spares to Kuwait. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday Kuwait’s request covers F/A-18 avionics software and engine component upgrades, ground support equipment, engine and aircraft spares and r...
KEYW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has appointed Michael Alber, formerly chief financial officer at Engility (NYSE: EGL), as CFO and executive vice president. Alber will bring over three decades’ worth of corporate finance, accounting and administrative experience with federal government contractors. Bill Weber, president and CEO of KEYW,...
Government technology services contractor CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will observe the merger of its former parent Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) enterprise services segment for any potential opportunities, CSRA CEO Larry Prior told investors Wednesday. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA entered the mark...
