TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2016 ” Deloitte has presented a six-pronged response to the Department of Health and Human Services‘ blockchain ideation challenge that seeks to identify opportunities to apply the technology in healthcare, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday blockchain works t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) will invest $75 million to build a new flight training center in Alabama by 2017 to support U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force aviators and flight crew, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The office of Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said Thursday the future 79, 000-square-foot Dothan Training...
Vista Equity Partners has agreed to purchase cloud computing government technology business GovDelivery from Actua (Nasdaq: ACTA) for $153 million in a push to expand the private equity firm™s presence in the public sector market. The companies said Monday they expect the transaction to close in the fourth quarter ...
Three Wire Systems has appointed Serena Bliss, formerly senior information assurance officer at Lockheed Martin subcontractor eSolution Architects, as the new chief information security officer at Three Wire. Bliss has more than 15 years of cybersecurity experience in areas such as application development, certification and accreditation, Three...
Mission Ready Services™ PTF Manufacturing division has purchased ForceOne™s armor business manufacturing assets for an undisclosed sum. The deal also includes ForceOne™s 23 certifications for products that comply with the National Institute of Justice™s ballistic resistance standard for body armor, list of customers and trad...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a decline of 0.495 percent to 81.375 but posted a weekly gain of 2.57 percent after the Federal Reserve decision Wednesday to maintain current interest rates. The GCI’s S&P 500-listed companies and other large defense contractors helped drive gains,...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index dropped Friday but registered a weekly gain as U.S. stocks took a break from their two-day surge after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday. The post-Fed decision rally helped the GCI add 2.57 percent over five days with its S&P 500-listed c...
September 19 – September 23 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson KBR™s expansion move into the U.S. and global government services markets became official on Monday when the Houston-based engineering company closed its $300 million purchase of the busin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” The U.S. and India are close to reaching a deal to jointly manufacture the Javelin anti-tank guided missile technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Defense News reported Wednesday that Javelin Joint Ventures, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) joint ventu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” Kurt Amend, who joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) in 2011, has been appointed to succeed the retiring Lou Laroche as president of the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. Amend previously served as vice president of foreign policy and national sec...
