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AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has received a potential $177.5 million contract to maintain, repair and overhaul equipment at various U.S. Navy facilities. The company said Tuesday it will provide maintenance services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, which oversees launch-and-recovery equipment and other support equipment for the...
Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper has been named distinguished senior fellow for intelligence and national security and member of the board of advisers at the Center for a New American Security. CNAS said Tuesday he will mentor future national security leaders, contribute to research efforts and share his views on nationa...
Rolls-Royce has received a $78.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and logistics support for KC-130J aircraft engines. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Rolls-Royce will support AE 2100D3 engines for aerial refueling tankers of the U.S. Marine Corps...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Chairman and CEO Roger Krone has said he believes acquisition programs have been affected by the delay in the appointment of leaders at federal agencies such as the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Inside Defense reported Thursday that Krone, an inductee i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2017 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) Chairman and CEO George Pedersen has received the Patriots Award from the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation in recognition of his support for the agency mission, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Foundation Chairman John McLaughlin...
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has received $90 million in contracts from a European country for the delivery of tactical radios such as the Falcon II AN/PRC-150C and Falcon III AN/PRC-152A. The company said Tuesday the radios will work to support the customer’s efforts to establish communications readiness and interoperability with U.S., NATO a...
Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity firm Forcepoint has appointed two new executives to vice president positions as the company works to deliver cyber capabilities to government clients worldwide. Tim Solms, formerly VP for federal business and managing director of worldwide government at Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), will serve as se...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down 0.318 percent to 93.368, as decliners outpaced advancers 2 to 1. The major markets closed unchanged with centrist Emmanuel Macron winning the French presidential election on Sunday. Saudi Arabia and Russia indicated they may extend production cuts into 2018 which drove WTI was up $0.21 to $46.4...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2017 ” The federal edition of Thales e-Security‘s 2017 Data Threat Report indicates that 96 percent of federal government employees feel vulnerable to potential data breaches and 71 percent think the adoption of new technologies may facilitate those vulnerabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The compa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2017 ” The AECOM-led (NYSE: ACM) Nuclear Waste Partnership with BWX Technologies and Areva Federal Services has added Bruce Covert, a group vice president at the infrastructure firm, as president and project manager, GovCon Executive reported Friday. AECOM said Thursday Covert will lead NWPR...
