TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, will deliver the industry keynote speech at the 14th Annual Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference on May 2, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Smith, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, will ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” A division of General Atomics has partnered with GKN Aerospace‘s Fokker business to open a facility in the Netherlands that would house production of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper landing gear systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Fokker said Tuesday it will work with General Atomics Aeronautical ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched four additional cloud data centers with two each in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Texas, as the company works to expand its global cloud footprint and support demand for cloud infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Wednesday the new U.S. data centers will...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 weapon system has undergone a series of flight tests with the U.S. Navy in efforts to establish sea worthiness and achieve full operational capability, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Navy fired four SM-6 missile...
The State Department has approved New Zealand’s request to purchase four P-8A patrol aircraft and associated support under a potential $1.5 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. New Zealand requested commercial engines, Tactical Open Mission Software, electro-optical and infrared MX-20HD, AN/AAQ-2(V)...
Julie Brill, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, has been named corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for privacy and regulatory affairs at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). Brill will directly report to Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, and will begin her new position by the summer of 2017, the compa...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed off 0.721 percent on Friday with Congress passing a continuing resolution extended the budget for one week. However the GovCon Index April performance was positive ending the month up 0.992 or 1.09 percent. In the major markets indices all ended down on Friday, but closed April results in ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index retreated to close down 0.721 percent to 92.646 as congress extends budget for 1 week with continuing resolution. Index still closing positive for the week and the month. Decliners out placed advancers 5 to 1. Major markets all closed down with sluggish first quarter consumer spending. The markets closed u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has hired former Transportation Department CIO Richard McKinney as vice president of enterprise information technology strategy within the company’s management services group, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday McKinney brings more than 30 yea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide information technology support to the architecture, operations, networks and space directorate within the U.S. Army‘s office of the chief information officer/G-6 under a $48 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday...
