Christopher Davis, formerly country leader and president of Raytheon™s (NYSE: RTN) business arm in the United Arab Emirates, has been named president of the Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense contractor™s international business organization. Davis succeeds Thomas Vecchiolla, who retired after a 15-year tenure with the firm, and will dire...
Navy Vice Adm. Mathias Winter, head of the F-35 joint program office, has said he expects JPO to close a deal with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for lot 11 F-35 Lightning II aircraft by Oct. 15, Defense News reported Thursday. Winter told reporters Wednesday after his speech at the Defense News Conference the JPO has completed a proposa...
John Marinaro, former director of the technical excellence office at NASA‘s Safety Center, has joined professional services and engineering firm KeyLogic as vice president for the federal civilian business. He will manage KeyLogic’s federal civilian portfolio and apply his engineering experience from NASA to the company’s...
After two days of downward direction, The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up 0.456 percent to 101.643. Advancing outpaced declining shares 2 to 1. Navistar International at the top of the GCI, reported Wednesday a fiscal third quarter net profit of $37 million as compared to a $34 million loss reported the same pe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 ” Robert Hahn, president of LexisNexis‘ Reed Tech subsidiary, has said the federal government should aim to adopt agile project cycles, streamline the procurement process and employ top technological talent in order to drive innovation. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Tuesday that digit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 ” Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) global defense business has received a “Red Ribbon” award from the Military Simulation & Training Magazine under the “Best Programs” category for the company’s virtual military training platform, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Tue...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has added its Network Performance Monitor tool for checking hybrid network connectivity as part of the Azure Government Cloud-Virginia platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Sarah Weldon, Azure program manager at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that NPM ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 ” Altamira Technologies has received recognition from the National Contract Management Association for its initiatives that work to encourage contract management employee efforts toward certification, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the NCMA Certification Support...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will lead a team that includes Ensco to develop and demonstrate a backup positioning, navigation and timing system that uses very-low-frequency signals for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Ensco said Tuesday it will support Leidos on ...
NASA has awarded 16 companies positions on a potential seven-year, $500 million to provide research and engineering products and services to the International Space Station. The Research, Engineering, and Mission Integration Services program covers spaceflight and ground technology platforms; sustaining engineering; payload facility; resea...
