TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 15, 2016 ” SAP (NYSE: SAP) plans to award $2.4 million in grants to nonprofit organizations to promote computer science and other specializations in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math as part of the government’s Computer Science for All initiative, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 15, 2016 ” Hughes Network Systems has provided $10, 000 in prizes to a student from McLean County in Illinois for his work to help empower young people in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the National 4-H Council select...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 15, 2016 ” Casey Coleman, vice president for federal civilian agencies at Unisys (NYSE: UIS), believes new approaches such as Federal CIO Tony Scott’s “secure by design” concept for technology development work to ensure the security of federal networks, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Colem...
Congress could review the U.S. Air Force‘s and the Defense Department‘s independent cost estimates for the Long Range Strike Bomber program after the legislative branch’s research arm found Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) winning bid to be “substantially below” those projections,  Bloomberg reported Thursd...
Howard Lance, former chairman and CEO of Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS), has been selected to succeed Daniel Friedmann as president and CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, effective May 16. MDA said Thursday Lance is expected to join MDA™s board of directors, while Friedman will continue to serve as a board member. œLance brings to...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $308 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to manufacture 12 CH-47F helicopters for Holland through a foreign military sales contract. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will complete the production in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, by April 15. The CH-47F Chinook helicopter in...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an 18-month, $138.8 million “bridge contract” to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to support DLA’s efforts to deliver spare parts and industrial hardware to U.S. Air Force logistics centers. Lockheed will provide supply chain management and logistical services in sup...
Gene Zapfel has joined the Koniag Government Services group of companies as president of Koniag Services Inc., where he will head KSI’s information technology services operations and objectives. Zapfel will bring to KSI 25 years of executive leadership experience in federal IT and management and consulting services from both small and large co...
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has issued a request for proposals on a potential five-year, $20 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software programming support services. The command said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday it plans to make up to four contract awards to provide technical analysis...
The GovCon Index descended into narrow range in a choppy afternoon trading session Thursday and closed at a nominal decline of 0.093 points to 75.306 as U.S. investors paused to gauge markets’ rally over Tuesday and Wednesday. Financial shares posted a fifth-straight positive day on earnings from banks that exceeded Wall Street&...
