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...
3M subsidiary Ceradyne will provide 177, 000 body armor plates to the U.S. armed forces under a $92.7 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The Minnesota-headquartered company said Wednesday the lightweight “enhanced” small arms protective inserts are embedded into tactical vests in efforts to prote...
A team led by KeyLogic Systems has received a five-year, $112 million prime contract to provide mission execution and strategic analysis services to a U.S. Energy Department-run national laboratory that conducts research on energy and environmental technologies. KeyLogic said Tuesday it will support the National Energy Techn...
The GovCon Index mirrored losses by U.S. stocks Tuesday with a decline of 0.669 point to 77.421 as investors weighed the prospects of more than one interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this year. Dennis Lockhart and John Williams, respective Fed presidents for Atlanta and San Francisco, indicated the central bank could ...
Joshua Rubin, formerly senior vice president of business development at Sevatec Inc., has been named SVP and chief growth officer of the company. The 12-year Sevatec veteran will oversee the company™s growth strategy for federal government contracts in his new position, Sevatec said Tuesday. œJosh™s 12 years of experience in this mark...
