Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned positive in mid-afternoon trade Wednesday along with U.S. stocks after reports surfaced that major oil producing countries reached an agreement to limit global supply with more details due in November. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 4-to-1 ratio and eight of its 11 S&P 500 compani...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” General Atomics has developed a mechanical arm designed to recover small unmanned aircraft systems in mid-flight, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Breaking Defense reported Monday that General Atomics created the mechanism as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Grant Thornton‘s public sector unit has found that government information technology leaders aim to address challenges in IT infrastructure, management and processes but struggle to recruit new IT professionals, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its two annual surveys...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide technical engineering and installation support for a future command-and-control facility of the U.S. Air Force in Nebraska under a $47 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday it will help the&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has tapped OGSystems to provide data processing services for the U.S. Army‘s High-Resolution 3D Geospatial Information program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. OGSystems said its work will serve to support Leidos’ efforts to help the Army Geospatial Cent...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will help NASA‘s Ames Research Center operate and maintain the Aviation Safety Reporting System and Confidential Close Call Reporting System under a $33.9 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the contract aims to support ...
Joe Kelly, a 25-year Defense Department and 15-year government contracting veteran, has joined cybersecurity services company Assured Enterprises as vice president of federal sector operations. Assured said Tuesday Kelly formerly served as acting chief information officer for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board — an&...
AM General has received a $108.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to deliver an additional 433 Humvees to Afghanistan under a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Tuesday it expects the company to finish work under the modification by Sept. 29, 2017. DoD added the full obligated amount&nbs...
Paul Anninos, formerly REI Systems‘ vice president for business development and marketing, has joined Abt Associates as the new VP and director of business development for its U.S. operations. Anninos has more than three decades of experience in business and operational leadership for both the government and commercial sect...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured $350 million in contract funds to produce MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles, control stations and interim spares for the U.S. Navy. The company will work on three lot 1 low-rate initial production MQ-4C UAVs, main and forward operation control stations, tooling and training cours...
