The General Services Administration has awarded W.M. Jordan Co. a $95.6 million contract to build a new research-and-development laboratory at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. W.M. Jordan is tasked to complete construction of the Measurement Systems Laboratory by late 2019 as part of Langley’s 20-year revitalization ...
David Rubal, a former vice president at Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), has been named chief technologist for data and analytics at Herndon, Virginia-based government technology services contractor DLT Solutions. DLT said Thursday Rubal will oversee the company™s data analytics, data science, big data and business intelligence portfolio...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a four-year, $133.4 million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to provide a stretch version of the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter to France. Lockheed’s aeronautics business will build C-130J-30 aircraft for the French military at a company facility in Marietta, Georgia, and ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed in narrow range Thursday to start the final month of 2016 as sharp declines by government services contractors offset large gains for aerospace stocks in a session that saw U.S. stocks close mixed. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered advancers by a 2-to-1 ratio and five of its 11 S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2016 ” Wanda Gamble, vice president of business development at Battelle‘s health and analytics unit, has stated that the nonprofit science and research organization works to adapt to major healthcare and public health trends. “We want to align to those [healthcare] challenges and trends as i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2016 ” A group of 19 military veterans has completed the 12-week information technology training program of SAP National Security Services‘ (NYSE: SAP) nonprofit organization, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The Andrews Gazette reported Nov. 23 participants of the NS2 Serves training program r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2016 ” CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) has launched its new CA Threat Analytics platform designed to utilize machine learning technology to prevent data breaches and identify threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Nov. 16 its new offerings also include the CA Identity Service tool that ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2016 ” The Customs and Border Protection agency has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a potential $66 million delivery order to supply cargo and vehicle scanning systems as well as optional training and maintenance to support customs operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Leidos said Tuesday it will pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) is set to hire the majority of the Boeing (NYSE: BA) team that provides operations and maintenance services for the former’s satellites as part of a relationship restructure between the two companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The firms will also sign...
Global investment firm Carlyle Group plans to sell the remaining 11.3-percent stake it holds in government services contractor Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) six years after the latter’s initial public offering. Booz Allen said Thursday it expects Carlyle’s divestiture of 16.7 million shares for $36.75 each through a seco...
