Scott Needleman, formerly vice president and general counsel at software firm Mythics, has been appointed to the same roles at DLT Solutions. DLT said Tuesday Needleman will be responsible for all aspects of the Herndon, Virginia-based government technology services contractor’s legal and contracts unit. “Scott has deep relations...
Matt Hickey, formerly vice president of sales operations at AT&T‘s (NYSE: T) business solutions unit, has been appointed as channel marketing VP for the global public sector business. He brings more than 25 years of technology and sales experience to his new role and will oversee the unit’s marketing, paid media and sponsorship activ...
Anchorage, Alaska-based Defense Base Services has won a potential eight-year, $233 million from the U.S. Navy to provide base operating support services at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch received two bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive procur...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up today at 99.395, positive 0.524 percent. Advancers outpaced decliners 3 to 1. The major indices all closed up today. The S&P500 up 0.24 percent, while the DJIA closed at a new high of 21,963.92, and the NASDAQ Composite was up on the day 0.23 percent. After six days of gains...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2017 ” Mike Leff, vice president for strategy and operations within AT&T‘s (NYSE: T) global public sector business, has said the company is working to develop a “third-generation” network that is software-defined and data-driven in order to support customer missions. “[Customers] will ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2017 ” Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, will talk about big data management strategies for the federal government at a MeriTalk-hosted webcast on Aug. 2, GovCon Executive reported Friday. MeriTalk reported Thursday that Davies, an inductee into Executive Mosaic™s Was...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has collaborated with the Army Materiel Command in efforts to deploy the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to help predict maintenance needs for the Stryker armored combat vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. GCN reported Thursday that AMC’s logistics support ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has scheduled the launch of the third batch of Iridium Next satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 30 to bring the in-orbit constellation to 30 units, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The future 10-satellite launch, with a backup schedule on Oct. 1, is...
An Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) subsidiary has received a $195 million order from the U.S. Army to supply 748 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and 2,359 installed and packaged kits. Oshkosh Defense said Tuesday the award is the fifth order for JLTVs since the Army awarded the potential $6.7 billion JLTV production contract in 2015. The JLTV program is...
Christopher Goodrich, formerly chief operating officer of mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), has been appointed president, CEO and a board member of Cornerstone Defense in a move that takes effect Aug. 15. œChris was the obvious choice for the company based on his experience and knowledge of...
