KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services unit has received a $91 million contract to deliver support services for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic base operations in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The company announced Tuesday the contract awarded to KBRwyle covers housing, unarmed security, equipment maint...
Tom Ruff, vice president of public sector at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based content delivery network and cloud services provider Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM), has said government agencies should establish a comprehensive œdefense-in-depth strategy to protect networks from distributed denial-of-service attacks, cross-site scripting and oth...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has agreed to buy Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology platforms provider InfoZen through a $180 million cash transaction that would grow ManTech’s managed cloud services and information technology offerings for the federal civilian market. The companies expect to close the deal in October, ...
The U.S. Navy has awarded four companies potential five-year contracts to provide training support for the service branch™s submarine, ashore and tactical afloat shipboard command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The Defense Department said Monday the Space and Naval...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) increased significantly on the day reaching a new YTD high of 104.137 up 1.786 percent. Orbital ATK and Northrop Grumman top the GCI with the news of Northrop Grumman’s intent to acquire the global aerospace and defense company. The three major indices all closed in the positive. The...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 18, 2017 ” Mark Keeler, acting president of BAE Systems‘ intelligence and security sector, has been named to the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The council said Tuesday Keeler will join IntelliDyne CEO Tony Crescenzo, The Ambit Group CEO Kim...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 18, 2017 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has established a new 7,000-square-foot training facility in Troy, Alabama, that will deliver on-site education programs for local employees, military and government agencies in efforts to develop the state’s workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursda...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 18, 2017 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) has teamed with the University of Rochester in New York to support a new consortium that would work to advance big data and analytics as part of the state government’s Finger Lakes Forward effort to boost the local economy, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The office of New...
Kirk Herdman, formerly executive vice president of corporate strategy at KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW), has been named EVP of corporate strategy and business development at the Hanover, Maryland-based contractor. KeyW said Friday Herdman succeeds Michele Cook, who will leave her role as business development EVP to pursue other career goals. Herdman joine...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) set a monthly high during the course of the week. Friday’s close saw the GCI moving up 0.782 percent to 102.302. Advancing shares outpaced declining 5 to 1. The three major indices all closed Friday in the positive. The S&P500 broke the 2500 threshold reaching a new high, closing up 0....
