A joint venture of AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Atkins Nuclear Secured will continue to help the Energy Department manage waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., for an additional one year under a $700M contract extension. Washington River Protection Solutions oversees the treatment and disposal of 56M gallons of radioact...
Sunil Ramchand, former CEO of Mission Essential, has joined VT Group as president and chief growth officer at the Chantilly, Va.-based defense technology contractor. He will oversee VT Group’s growth strategy and also serve as a member of its board of directors, the company said Wednesday. The U.S. Navy veteran previously served...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has secured a potential $158M contract to help U.S. Air Force Space Command protect mission-critical programs. The company said Tuesday it will perform contract services over a 10-year period. œManTech will build on our strategic relationship with the U.S. Air Force Space Command, said Rick Wagner, president...
A report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) posted $8.7B in bookings during the third quarter of 2018, reflecting a 25 percent increase from the same period last year. Raytheon associated the increase with the integrated defense systems sector™s $1.3B Patriot missile defense system order from P...
A BAE Systems business unit has received a potential five-year, $72M contract to support air traffic control and landing systems on ships or at shore facilities of the U.S. Navy. BAE’s technology solutions and services group will provide equipment modification, system safety work, quality assurance, test bed operations and techn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 30, 2018 ” Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has said the company will continue to work with the government to help shape the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies and support efforts to protect the U.S. against threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. He wrote in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 30, 2018 ” Dan Kent, chief technology officer of the public sector business at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), believes there will be an increase in data migration to the cloud and opportunities for cloud providers to support government customers in this effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Federal Times reported ...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a new report listing several defense programs under the œwatchlist of Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, said those include the U.S. Air Force™s Ground Based St...
Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said agencies that aim to create secure cloud environments should merge controls under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. œUsers should be able to access the cloud via a trusted conne...
A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Boeing (NYSE: BA) has begun to œself-fund research and development work on some Defense Department programs as it aims to win new contract opportunities. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, wrote that one of those opportunities is th...
