TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 8, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force could spend an estimated $533 million on the construction of hangars and other facilities to accommodate the service branch’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 jets at Eielson Air Force Base, Executive Gov reported Thursday. Newsminer reported Wednesday&nbs...
Mark Gerencser, the three-decade Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran and six-term director there, has joined the board of directors at McLean, Virginia-based government and national security engineering services contractor Alion Science & Technology approximately seven months after its acquisition by private equity firm Veritas Capita...
Nick Khoubbieh, a three-decade information technology veteran, has joined Ultra Electronics 3eTI as vice president and general manager for integrated cyber and security solutions. Khoubbieh will oversee the company’s solutions consulting practice, which works to build applications that respond to cyber threats, 3eTI said Thursday. “...
The GovCon Index erased two days of losses with a gain of 1.183 percent to a one-month high close of 74.769 Wednesday as U.S. markets reacted to the Federal Reserve‘s April meeting minutes that showed some hesitance by policymakers over whether to raise interest rates in April. Healthcare stocks in the S&P 500 composite inde...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a $235.3 million contract modification by the Naval Air Systems Command to obtain long-lead materials needed for the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A maritime aircraft program. The modification covers parts, components and equipment that Boeing will need to produce and deliver 11 full-rate production Lot IV P-8As...
Michael Link, a former senior vice president from global marketing research firm Nielsen, has joined Bethesda, Maryland-based services contractor Abt Associates as president and CEO of its public policy research subsidiary Abt SRBI, the parent company said Monday. Silver Spring-headquartered Abt SRBI conducts opinion surveys and other...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., March 31, 2016 – The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic “ has finalized its panel for the Third Annual Intel Summit. The Summit™s keynote speakers are Rick Ledgett (NSA) and Nicholas Rasmussen (ODNI) and the panelists are Jason Matheny (IARPA/ODNI), Doug Wolfe (CIA) and Ardisson...
The Department of Health and Human Services has chosen Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) to offer agency personnel access to the company’s customer relationship management tools under a potential $100 million blanket purchase agreement. Salesforce said Wednesday the BPA serves as a vehicle for HHS operating divisions to order Salesf...
Dewey Houck, Boeing (NYSE:BA) chief data analytics officer for the defense segment, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his contributions in the cyber and data analytics field. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mo...
The GovCon Index stumbled from the open to close at a loss of 0.279 points to 75.052 as U.S. stock declines mirrored a fall in commodities such as oil and investors continued to speculate over when the next interest rate increases could occur. Los Angeles-based health insurance provider Health Net (NYSE: HNT) led Index gainers at 3.67 ...
