Gary Slack, former president and chief operating officer of QinetiQ North America, has been appointed president and chief executive at Tysons, Virginia-based government services contractor XLA. The more than 30-year GovCon veteran will be responsible for implementing the company’s growth strategies and succeeds founder and former CEO Lloy...
Ten small businesses have won spots on a potential five-year, $846 million contract to support business processing systems across the U.S. Army organization. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract will run through Jan. 6, 2021, and covers enterprise resource planning services for the Army’s Enterprise System Inte...
The GovCon Index continued to mirror deep losses in U.S. and global financial markets Thursday with a decline of 2.293 percent to 74.525 as investor fears over China’s economy and falling oil prices grew. Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) were the Index’s only two gainers Thursday a...
Nick Noviello, formerly chief financial officer at NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP), has joined Blue Coat Systems as CFO. Noviello succeeds Gregg Hampton, who transitions to the role of senior vice president of business operations at Blue Coat, and will directly report to CEO Greg Clark, Blue Coat Systems said Wednesday. “Nick’s financial lead...
Mitcham Industries has bought an L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) business unit that offers side-scan sonar and waterside security systems to the military and commercial sectors. Texas-based Mitcham sells or leases geophysical equipment for energy, academic, environmental, seismic and government use, and the company aims to expand its ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 5, 2016 ” Jose Riojas, formerly chief of staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been appointed to the strategic advisory board within the mission solutions and services group of ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), GovCon Executive reported Monday. ManTech said Monday Riojas has also served as assistan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 5, 2016 ” Ray Duquette, president and general manager of CAE‘s U.S. arm (NYSE: CAE), has said the company incorporates multiple networked simulators during military pilots and flight crews’ training and mission rehearsal, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Tampa Tribune reported Saturday these simulato...
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) will continue to perform engineering and science services for NASA’s Huntsville, Alabama-based Marshall Space Flight Center under a one-year, $127.8 million contract modification. Jacobs said Tuesday the company started its science and engineering and technician support to MSFC on Oct. 3, 2015 and will...
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) separate contracts worth a combined $52.8 million to develop radio frequency countermeasure platforms for integration with the U.S. Air Force™s MC-130J Commando II and AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft. BAE Systems said Monday it will develop the RFCM sy...
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has appointed new vice presidents to lead its engineering and mission assurance businesses. The company said Monday it appointed Mike Gazarik as VP of engineering and Jeff Osterkamp as VP of mission assurance. Gazarik, formerly technology director at Ball Aerospace, will oversee the company’s en...
