Andrew Robinson, chief operating officer of Robbins Gioia and a 30-year information technology veteran, has been promoted to CEO at the Alexandria, Virginia-based program management and IT services contractor. Robbins Gioia said Thursday Robinson will aim to accelerate corporate transformation efforts that began after ...
A business unit of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $92.8 million contract modification to perform engineering and interim logistics work on a military communications satellite system for the U.S. Navy. Lockheed Martin Space Systems will also deliver spares and associated materials for the military branch...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has awarded Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) a potential six-year, $67 million contract to develop, test and produce communication and navigation subsystems for the U.S. Navy™s Joint Precision Approach and Landing System. The contract with Raytheon also covers systems engineering and logistics services in support...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed slightly down for a second consecutive session Thursday as notable gains by Textron (NYSE: TXT) after third quarter earnings and CACI International (NYSE: CACI) were offset by declines in Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and other large prime contractors. GovCon Index laggers outnumbere...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received the first set of propulsion system hardware for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft from Aerojet Rocketdyne, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday the delivery includes the low-pressure port and starboard manifold assemblies. The propulsion ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has received an award from the Air Traffic Control Association for the company’s work to facilitate safety and efficiency in air traffic control, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday ATCA presented the Earl F. Ward Memorial Award during the 61st A...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has become the Estonian Defense Industry Association’s sixth international member to build on a previous relationship between the company and Estonia’s government on cybersecurity collaboration, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Raytheon International CEO John Harris met wi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” Bill Birkhofer, senior vice president for aerospace and defense at Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC), has said the company sees opportunities in commercial space launch services and the “commercialization” of low Earth orbit, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Birkhofer, an inductee into Execut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2016 ” Tony Frazier, senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), has said the company’s planned $140 million acquisition of The Radiant Group serves to integrate the latter’s software development and engineering workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. National De...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has received a potential $114 million task order to develop and implement an in-depth strategy for the Defense Department to identify and neutralize hostile cyber network activity at the Pentagon. The company said Thursday it also seeks to leverage a range of tactics, procedures and techniques to help DoD b...
