A Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) subsidiary has received potential five-year, $427.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver test and evaluation/training threat and target systems for the service branch’s warfighter training and debriefing systems. Jacobs Technology will also perform systems engineering ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a potential five-year, $424.2 million to provide threat radar emitter simulation technology and services for a U.S. Navy aircrew warfighter training program. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also build peripheral simulation equipment under the Navy’s Aircrew Electronic Warfare T...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential five-year, $350.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with the Advanced Range Tracking and Imaging System. The Army program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation awarded the firm-fixed-price contract through a competitive procurement process with four offers received, t...
Teradata (NYSE: TDC) has appointed Victor Lund as president and CEO, where he will lead the big data analytics provider’s operations after nine years as a member of its board of directors since 2007. The company said Thursday Lund succeeds Mike Koehler, who resigned from the position as well as the board director post...
The GovCon Index stayed clear of choppy activity in U.S. financial markets with a gain of 0.705 points — or 0.929 percent — to 76.572 on a first quarter earnings beat by shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a sharp spike in McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) shares. Huntington Ingalls rose 4.13 perce...
Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) and ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI) — both listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reported first quarter earnings and revenue figures after U.S. financial markets closed Thursday that either exceeded or met the consensus analyst forecast for both figures. Chantilly, Virginia-based services contractor Eng...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has appointed an Air Force Reserve officer to be its new site lead at Edwards Air Force Base in California, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday John Mikal, who is also a test pilot for the KC-46A tanker aircraft, succeeds Don Bla...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has formed a new unit within its advanced missile systems organization to consolidate and boost the production of its Coyote and Silver Fox small unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the UAS directorate will be based in Ariz...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” A Hitachi-developed wireless communication system for aircraft played a key part in a test conducted by NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration to check support for ground-to-aircraft information exchange, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. NASA said Wednesday ground operators transmitted aviat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” A subsidiary of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will provide network services to 550 academic institutions in Alabama under a $96 million recompete contract from the state’s supercomputing agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CSRA said Wednesday the Alabama Supercomputer Authority tapped CSC State and...
