Business Executives for National Security has appointed industry leaders Nick Cortezi, Raanan Horowitz, Jeremy Hitchcock and Jim Smith to the board of directors, GovCon Wire has learned. As new board members, the four executives will help BENS develop strategic partnerships and share best practices in support of the national security community. Cort...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index was in the red in three of five trading sessions but still ended with a solid 1.43% week-on-week gain. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, recorded its largest single-day gain (2.04%) and highest close ($5,105.25) on Tuesday. It was Wall Street’s worst week since Apri...
Terry Bjornsen, a three-decade veteran in the commercial and government sectors, was appointed vice president of capture management at Tria Federal, the company said in a LinkedIn announcement. Bjornsen, according to his profile on the platform, is responsible for leading a capture management team at the information technology and advisory services ...
Kevin Brancato, senior vice president of product strategy at TechnoMile, was added to the board of advisors at the National Contract Management Association. The company said Tuesday the government contracting veteran will provide NCMA with executive-level strategies and insights into contract management issues. Brancato also brings contract lifecycl...
Loar Holdings (NYSE: LOAR) has agreed to buy Applied Avionics in a cash transaction worth approximately $385 million. Loar said Friday Applied Avionics designs, builds and produces avionics interface products such as NEXUS and VIVUSUN switches and indicators found on platforms in military and commercial aerospace and defense end-markets. Founded in ...
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded four companies positions on a potential $750 million contract to provide numerous types of ammunition for all USSOCOM components. The Department of Defense said Thursday Ultimate Ammunition, Canadian Commercial Corp., Blane International Group and Olin Winchester are the awardees on the multiple-award, ind...
John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Defense Business Board’s February report includes recommendations that call for the Department of Defense to invest in digital infrastructure, promote a culture of innovation and create clear governance frameworks to facilitate data sharing w...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting information on potential industry sources that could provide information technology and business management support services for the military branch worldwide. According to a sources sought notice published Thursday, Army Contracting Command plans to award a potential five-year, $99 million indefinite-delivery/in...
Cybersecurity company Tenable (NASDAQ: TENB) has established a public sector advisory board for the U.S. market, with the aim of ensuring industry support for public sector efforts to shield U.S. critical infrastructure from cybersecurity threats. Tenable Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs James Hayes said in a statement Thursday, &#...
Wagish Bhartiya’s career trajectory has included the best of both worlds: he has spent roughly half of his working life in government contracting and half in the commercial sector. A fixation on and expertise in technology has been the throughline, but after a decade or so on the outside of GovCon, he was drawn in...
