TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will invest $5 million as part of a plan to expand its aerospace and defense composite production facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, by approximately 40,000 square feet to accommodate work that will transition from Clearfield, Utah, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tue...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will proceed to the production and deployment phase of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Assault Amphibious Vehicle survivability upgrade program after getting clearance from the program executive officer for land systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednes...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Deloitte‘s consulting business has hired Jeff Matthews, formerly director of venture strategy and research at the Space Frontier Foundation, as a specialist leader for space innovation and technology workforce advancement efforts, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Matthews will contribute to Del...
ECS Federal has landed a spot on a potential five-year, $200 million contract that covers science and engineering technical assistance for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s strategic technology office. DARPA selected ECS as one of three awardees that will vie for task orders under the SETA indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan...
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...
