Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index fell Wednesday to register a fifth decline over seven sessions in a stretch that puts the GCI in negative territory for August and ends its streak of monthly declines at six as U.S. market speculation over the next rate hike overshadows trading activity. Investors are looking at Friday’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Mike White, former mission area executive for air and missile defense at the lab, to lead its air and missile defense sector, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Johns Hopkins APL said Monday White will oversee work on air and missile d...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” The Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has set a record for building the largest solid 3D-printed object with the trim-and-drill tool the lab built for Boeing (NYSE: BA) measured at 17.5 feet long, 5.5 feet wide and 1.5 feet tall, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. ORNL sai...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” Ensco will work with PositiveID to deliver a biothreat detection system as part of the second phase of the Department of Homeland Security‘s SenseNet program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. PositiveID said Monday it will provide its Firefly Dx automated biothr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has worked with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to update a sonar system that works to support the U.S. Navy‘s mine detection operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday updates to the AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar includ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide engineering and technical support for the U.S. Navy‘s aircraft platforms under an $8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday the contract covers reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assu...
REI Systems has appointed Shyam Salona, a co-founder and former executive vice president and chief technology officer, as its new CEO. The company said Tuesday Salona will succeed fellow co-founder and former CEO Veer Bhartiya, who will remain at REI as executive chairman. “I am excited to take on this new role within our compan...
Steve Kastin, formerly chief healthcare information technology strategist for the Department of Veterans Affairs™ national office of information and technology, has joined Clarendon, Virginia-based contractor By Light Professional IT Services as chief medical officer and healthcare IT strategist. He will apply his background...
Sprint‘s (NYSE: S) federal government business has been awarded a potential $215.7 million contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide optical transport network upgrade services for the Defense Information Systems Network. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Sprint Federal Operations LLC will per...
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has received a $158.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to exercise an option to manufacture an additional 14 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Tuesday the Army Contracting Command will obligate the full amount of the ...
