United Technologies Corp.’s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $2.74 billion contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain F117 engines. The Defense Department said Wednesday the sole-source contract includes foreign military sales to Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, Qatar, Uni...
Robin Portman, a Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran, has joined Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Atlas Research as president and CEO. Portman will oversee daily operations, service delivery and business development initiatives in support of Atlas Research™s efforts to strengthen its presence in the government services sector, the com...
Al Whitmore, former senior vice president of the global solutions division at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit, has been named president of intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary in a move that takes effect Oct. 16. He will lead BAE Systems Inc.‘ I&S sector he...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a $172.9 million “undefinitized” contract to supply joint standoff weapons, component parts and support equipment for spares to Qatar under a foreign military sales deal. Raytheon’s missile systems business will produce 200 AGM-154C Block III weapons and 212 contain...
DCS has won a potential five-year, $207.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of support services to aircraft integrated product teams within the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers analysis, configuration, data management, development, logistics, re...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued its fourth consecutive day of gains, up 0.97 percent, setting another record mark of 108.723 with advancing shares slightly outpacing declining 18 to 12. The markets continued their positive direction, once again reaching new record highs. The S&P500 closed with its seven...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2017 ” The third batch of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) Iridium NEXT satellites are scheduled for liftoff on Oct. 9 as SpaceX prepares the Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the payloads to space, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 27. Spaceflight Now reported Sept. 26 that Iridium CEO Matt Desch, an inductee ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2017 ” DynCorp International will help manage war reserve materiel assets for the Air Forces Central Command under a $64.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday the award extends DynCorp’s WRM support at Shaw Air Fo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2017 ” A Data Systems Analysts subsidiary will help the state of Maryland update a technology platform for budgeting functions under a potential $5 million subcontract from Performa USA, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. DSA’s Project Performance Company said Sept. 21 it will support the modernization, op...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2017 ” A Thales-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute has found that a majority of information technology security professionals see cloud-based services and the internet of things as the biggest drivers of public key infrastructure usage, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Thales e-Security said Tuesday the 2017 ...
