Accenture™s federal services business has hired Gus Hunt, formerly chief architect for hedge fund company Bridgewater Associates, to lead the company™s federal cybersecurity practice. Hunt, who has also served as chief technology officer of CIA, will be in charge of Accenture’s portfolio of cyber hunting, incident resp...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index snapped a five-day losing streak Monday on advances by mid- and large-tier defense contractors as gains by financial shares led Wall Street to end its three-day stretch of declines. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a roughly 3-to-1 ratio and nine of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 16, 2016 ” Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) will build a high school specializing in design and engineering fields at its headquarters in California in efforts to develop the future workforce, GovCon Executive reported Monday. ABC7 News reported Friday that the planned Design Tech High School is scheduled to open in Septemb...
American Electronic Warfare Associates has won a four-year, $91.3 million contract to provide engineering, management and technical support services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division™s integrated battlespace simulation and test department. The company will perform work in Patuxent River, Maryland, through August 2020 and the U.S...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) said Wednesday it plans to restate almost two years of financial results on accounting issues and will delay the filing of its quarterly report for the most recent quarter as the company carries out an accounting review in its defense segment. The Dulles, Virginia-based space systems and ammunition maker said it wi...
Bob Brodowski, formerly director of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s advanced systems and technology directorate, has joined Orbital ATK‘s (NYSE: OA) space systems group as director for advanced technology development. Orbital ATK said Friday Brodowski has more than 30 years of experience in programs that align with th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” American Systems‘ IT Schedule 70 contract with the General Services Administration has received a modification to include the special item number for health information technology services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday SIN 132-56 works to consolidate health IT ...
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Jimmy Viescas, a 14-year government contracting industry veteran and former director of finance at Octo Consulting Group, has been named chief financial officer of Alexandria, Virginia-based security services provider SGI Global. SGI Global said Wednesday he will be responsible for the company’s accounting, financial r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2016 ” Fulcrum seeks to provide program management, technical, engineering and professional services to support U.S. Special Operations Command personnel through its position under the potential $900 million SOCOM-Wide Mission Support Group contract, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said...
