Dave McClure, formerly chief strategist of cybersecurity at Coalfire’s federal business, has joined Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business as director of the federal chief information officer advisory practice. Accenture said Thursday McClure will work to advise federal CIOs on modernization strategies and digital tra...
A team composed of Dell EMC, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential five year, $1 billion contract to build a cloud-based collaboration and unified communications platform for the U.S. Air Force. The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service awarded the contract as part of th...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense segment has received a $466.8 million contract modification to produce Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle variants for the U.S. Army based the FMTV A1P2 technical data package. The Army will provide funds and performance locations with each order and the company is scheduled to finish ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued to post gains for the fourth consecutive day, reaching another new YTD record high. The CGI closed at 105.45 up 0.552 percent with advancing shares outpacing declining 3 to 1. Markets showed little change on the day as the Fed delivered their message to shrink the balance sheet and for...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 20, 2017 ” Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) seeks to support startup companies and other partners in government, academia and local communities with an estimated $1 billion investment that is aimed to advance the development of artificial intelligence technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. “Our belief is that AI will br...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 20, 2017 ” A General Atomics business unit has completed the first test flight activity at its recently opened Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, using a Block 5 Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday General Atom...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 20, 2017 ” The First Responder Network Authority board has cleared a $73.5 million budget for fiscal year 2018 to support the efforts of FirstNet and contractor AT&T (NYSE: T) to deploy a nationwide broadband network for public safety, ExecutiveGov reported Tuesday. The agency said Thursday its public-priv...
Ellen Minderman, formerly director of enterprise solutions at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has joined Research Innovations Inc. as vice president of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence. RII said Tuesday Minderman will oversee the company™s C41 business unit that covers jo...
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has said she has no concerns on Northrop Grumman™s (NYSE: NOC) proposal to acquire Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) and that the service branch intends to monitor the transaction™s progress, Defense News reported Tuesday. œObviously, we watch these things and make sure that no matter [what] happens when c...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received orders worth a combined $123 million from the U.S. Army to produce additional Precision Guidance Kits designed to help increase warfighters’ shooting accuracy. The orders fall under option 2 of Orbital ATK’s PGK production contract and include a $69 million order awarded in July las...
