Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index inched 0.09% lower at $4,947.67 (-0.09%) on Friday, a fourth daily loss in five days like the previous week. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, has lost more than 2% in two consecutive weeks and -4.95% overall in the first half of December. The Nasdaq...
Apogee Engineering has appointed Joanne Spring, a more than 20-year corporate finance leader, as vice president of finance and accounting. The digital transformation services provider said Wednesday Spring will manage financial systems, long-term planning and compliance to help the company ensure continued fiscal health in line with strategic object...
The Department of the Air Force has started seeking proposals for a potential five-year, $750 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide professional services for U.S. Central Command Headquarters. According to a solicitation notice published Tuesday, the CENTCOM Headquarters IDIQ for Professional Services, o...
ManTech has appointed Joanne Sullivan, a GovCon veteran, as vice president of growth for the federal civilian sector. In a statement published Thursday, Stephen Deitz, president of ManTech’s federal civilian sector, said Sullivan brings to the company 25 years of executive leadership experience building relationships with government customers....
VMD, an Xcelerate Solutions company, has teamed up with The Chertoff Group and SureScan to establish a joint venture that would offer remote screening technology to airports worldwide. Through the joint venture, the companies introduced Gigaplex, a system that works to enable rapid remote screening at airport security checkpoints worldwide, The Cher...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Leidos a firm-fixed-price contract worth $987 million for F-16 fighter jet support to the Taiwanese military. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is a foreign military sales agreement, but work will be performed at the company’s facilities in Reston, Virginia, until May 2034, the Department of De...
Kevin Youngquist was named vice president of sales for public sector at SoftBank Group-backed data security software firm Cohesity, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Youngquist came to Cohesity from Veritas Technologies, which was acquired by the former to create the largest data protection software provider by market share. Read...
Jacobs has been awarded a contract valued at $249 million by the Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide architecture and engineering services to USACE’s Northwestern Division. The company said Thursday the multiple award task order contract aims to support environmental and facilities design projects that promote cl...
Michael Baker International has appointed industry veteran Tricia Quinn as vice president of aerospace and healthcare sectors. The Pittsburgh-based engineering and consulting services provider said Wednesday Quinn will strengthen the company’s engagement with federal, state and local government agencies, health systems and industry partners and ex...
Ayar Labs has raised $155 million in a round of Series D financing led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital. The San Jose, California-based company said Wednesday it will use the capital to support high-volume production of its in-package optical interconnects to help address the need for scalable artificial intelligence infrastru...
