MBDA has been awarded an estimated $585 million contract to develop an air-to-surface precision strike missile for the U.K. military™s fleet of F-35 fighter jets. This work is intended to build on the previous assessment phase for the Selective Precision Effects at Range Capability 3 missile, MBDA said Wednesday. Britain’s ...
Jeff Henry has joined ViON as senior vice president of strategic initiatives and a member of the company’s executive leadership team. Henry, who served as SVP and general manager of the Americas sales and services division at Hitachi Data Systems, will oversee ViON’s strategic programs and help develop new processes for th...
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has received a contract modification worth $88 million from the U.S. Army for the delivery of eight additional UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The modification exercises an option on a previously awarded contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Army Contracting Com...
Carahsoft Technology has won a potential $42 million contract to provide development, operational support and integration testing services for the U.S. Special Operations Command™s Distributed Common Ground/Surface System Integration Backbone Metadata Catalog. USSOCOM received three offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity co...
SAS Institute has appointed J.R. Helmig to lead the company’s analytics strategy as chief analytics officer for the federal government business. The analytics firm said Wednesday Helmig will work to determine federal trends in analytics and sources of disruption, maintain public-private partnerships and suppo...
The GovCon Index hovered in neutral territory during the final two hours of trade Wednesday and closed at a gain of 0.220 points to 77.591 despite its descent from a strong early afternoon session. The GCI hit volatility in conjunction with the S&P 500 composite index shortly after 2 p.m. upon the release of the Fed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2016 ” L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has started preparations to consolidate and transition the manufacturing operations of its electron devices unit in San Carlos, California, to sites in north central Pennsylvania and Los Angeles, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2016 ” Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has partnered with Nozomi Networks to offer an integrated cyber defense technology to critical infrastructure organizations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The team will combine Nozomi’s SCADAguardian platform and Fortinet’s Security Fabric architecture in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide biometrics software maintenance services to the U.S. Army under a $44.2 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the contract covers support to the Army’s Product Manager for Joint Personnel Identification – Quick...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — posted a revenue increase for its 2016 fiscal year for the first time in three such periods that have seen flat or contracting sales. The McLean, Virginia-based government consulting firm said sales in Mar...
