TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 11, 2017 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has delivered the first of six initial production units of the latest M1A2 Abrams main battle tank with updated electronics, weapons and protection systems to the U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The service branch said Monday the M1A2 System Enhancement...
Jean Milbrandt, formerly director of business operations at Mitre, has been promoted to vice president and chief financial officer of the nonprofit corporation. Mitre said Tuesday Milbrandt succeeds the retiring Mark Kontos and aims to help maintain the company’s position as manager of federally funded research and developm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 11, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Jim Martin to the list of Panelists and Major General (Ret.) Marty Whelan as the Moderator for the 2017 Space: Innovations, Programs and Policies Summit. Jim Martin is Director of NRO’s Survivability Assurance Office...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 10, 2017 ” NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have scheduled the launch of the first Joint Polar Satellite System on Nov. 10 to begin its mission to support weather forecasting operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The space agency said Saturday JPSS-1, which is equipped with instr...
George Franz, a retired U.S. Army major general and former operations director of the U.S. Cyber Command, has joined Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business as managing director of defense and security business initiatives. Accenture said Tuesday Franz will provide cybersecurity and adaptive technology expertise and wo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 10, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Roxanne Banks and Dea Merchant to the panel for the FY18 Budgets & Procurement Forum. Martha Shepard will be moderating the event. As the fiscal year comes to a close, industry is eagerly looking forwards tow...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received orders worth a combined $337 million to provide sensor systems and support services for Apache military helicopters of the U.S., U.K. and Saudi Arabia. The orders for Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors fall under a potential five-year, $2 billion indefinite-de...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 9, 2017 ” BAE Systems has secured an estimated $179.7 million modification to its maritime support delivery framework contract with the U.K. defense ministry for the expansion of the company’s work to support ships based at Portsmouth Naval Base, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 09, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added William Bailey and Brigadier General Mark Baird as Panelists for the 2017 Space: Innovations, Programs and Policies Summit. William Bailey currently serves as Deputy Director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office of U...
Weekly Roundup October 2 – October 6 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Last month the GovCon community witnessed a number of highly valued contracts. September had eight contracts valued over a billion dollars awarded for a variety of services such as IT...
