Parsons Corp. has won a potential five-year, $86 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide advisory and assistance services for the Ballistic Missile Defense System program. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Parsons’ government services business will support the development of an integrated comman...
The U.S. Air Force has begun a solicitation to procure launch vehicle production, mission integration and operational services for the Global Positioning System III-3 satellite. The military service said Wednesday it will award a firm-fixed-price contract for an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service after the branch evaluates interes...
Elizabeth Jordan Wilhelm — a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal officer — has joined Janus Global Operations as director of conventional weapons destruction and unexploded ordnance clearance. JGO said Wednesday Wilhelm will work out of the demining and UXO clearance company’s Reston, Virginia office. “...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rebounded Friday on gains by ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) on a second quarter earnings beat, plus boosts by Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB). The GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.292 points to 82.476 and six of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) cut its full-year earnings outlook in fiscal third quarter financial results released Wednesday as the defense and transportation contractor expects increases to interest and financing costs on a new credit facility, tax expenses and a partial pension settlement plan in the fourth quarter. San Diego-based Cubic expe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Siemens has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for the company’s VERSANT Zika RNA 1.0 Assay Kit that aims to detect the presence of the Zika virus in plasma, blood and urine samples, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monda...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the U.S. Air Force have concluded the first live air-to-air kill test of the company’s F-35 fighter jet against a drone over a military test range near California, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The F-35 Joint Program Office said Monday the F-35 fir...
UnitedHealthcare (NYSE: UNH) has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office to dispute the Defense Health Agency™s award of Tricare services contracts to Humana (NYSE: HUM) and Health Net, Military Times reported Tuesday. DHA selected Humana and Health Net in July for separate contracts to provide health services t...
Stephen Hyde, former vice president and account manager for intelligence at CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has joined BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary as VP and general manager of the global information technology solutions business within the intelligence and security sector. “Stephen has a track record of achieving growth by winning new busi...
Matthew Jankowski, former account executive at Red Hat, has joined federal technology services contractor Iomaxis as senior vice president of business development. Iomaxis said Tuesday Jankowski will help form the company’s business development function and support sales growth. Jankowski holds 25 years of experience i...
