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August 8 – August 12 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Government contracting sector observers got a twin bill of significant acquisition developments during the Thursday evening-Friday morning “down time” in financial markets t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 12, 2016 ” Judith Douglas, a client industry executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), has been appointed vice chair of the American Council for Technology “ Industry Advisory Council’s Institute for Innovation Advisory Board, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. ACT-IAC said Wednesday ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 12, 2016 ” SOS International‘s Exovera subsidiary will provide its EV3 cloud-based media analysis software to support the U.S. diplomatic mission in Afghanistan under a five-year contract with the State Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. SOSi said Wednesday EV3 will work to mo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 12, 2016 ” A BAE Systems geospatial technology will support a newly established business unit within The Rodgers Group by serving as a platform to convert text-based emergency action plans into collaborative response visuals, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The public safety consulting ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 12, 2016 ” A Mitre-led information-sharing program funded by the Federal Aviation Administration has added Prism‘s Aviation Risk Management Online Resource tool as a platform to support aviation safety report submissions, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Prism said Wednesday it will support the&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 12, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has teamed with Elbit Systems to pursue a contract with the U.K. defense ministry for the update of the Challenger 2 tanks under the British army’s Life Extension Project, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesday the team plans to perform work at its A...
Boeing (NYSE:BA) has secured a five-year, $203 million contract from Australia to provide a range of sustainment services for the Australian air force’s F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft, IHS Jane’s reported Thursday. Jon Grevatt writes the Australian defense department said the contract covers eng...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has agreed to purchase Milpitas, California-based high-performance computing platforms provider Silicon Graphics International (Nasdaq: SGI) for approximately $275 million cash in a push to expand its footprint in the HPC and big data analytics markets. SGI said Thursday the price of the transaction is $7.75 pe...
Paul Litchfield, a director at Mission Ready Services, has been appointed chief operating officer of the Vancouver, British Columbia-based product development and consulting firm. Rod Reum, president and CEO of Mission Ready, said in a statement released Wednesday Litchfield™s leadership and operational experience will help the company manufact...
The State Department has approved NATO’s request to buy precision guided munitions and related support services from the U.S. for use in regional threat deterrence operations under a potential $231 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will be the primary contractors on the deal, the Def...
