Textron (NYSE: TXT) has been awarded a potential $174 contract modification to produce additional landing craft air cushion vehicles for the U.S. Navy. Textron will build and deliver LCAC units 104 through 108 and related technical manuals to the service branch as part of the Ship to Shore Connector program and to exercise an option in...
James Williams, a vice president at Parsons, has been named chief of the cyber infrastructure protection sector within the company™s federal business unit. He will oversee the expansion strategies of the firm™s physical and cybersecurity business in both government and commercial markets, Parsons said Wednesday. œ[Williams], with his ...
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has bought Herndon, Virginia-based managed security firm neAura for an undisclosed sum in a push to help organizations to secure their information technology systems. “This acquisition helps us continue to deliver comprehensive security architectures to existing and future customers, ” Girish Varma, pres...
Donald Renner, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has joined IEM as vice president of its defense and information technology arm, where he will oversee the firm’s business in the IT and defense sectors. The global security consulting company said Wednesday Renner brings his three-decade experience in federal IT services. ...
Ball Aerospace & Technologies (NYSE: BLL) and SiCore Technologies have each won a $47.9 million contract to develop risk mitigation tools and techniques for the U.S. Air Force™s weapon systems. The goal is to identify vulnerabilities in the Air Force™s avionics and protect the systems from cyber attacks, the Defense Department sai...
The GovCon Index extended its stretch of positive movement into a third full trading session Wednesday with a gain of 0.204 points to 74.334 as U.S. investors continued to gauge Tuesday’s comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on a potentially slower interest rate hike path for the central bank. Falls Church, Virg...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 30, 2016 ” A survey by Vormetric reveals that federal IT leaders see the shortage in talent and ongoing budget constraints as the major hindrances to adoption of new data protection tools at government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Thursday the survey of 100 senior agency IT ex...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., March 30, 2016 – The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — announced that Douglas Wiltse, Executive Director, System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate of U.S. Army, has been added to the current lineup of speakers for the 2016 Army-DoD Forum. The Forum will be held o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 30, 2016 ” Modern Technology Solutions Inc. will update and maintain the U.S. Army‘s facilities for distributed digital simulation and system-of-systems development under a $63.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the five-year contract runs through March 1, 20...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 30, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) have agreed on the U.S. Navy‘s new build strategy for the manufacture of the Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines through 2023, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. USNI News reported Monday the Navy’s “Submari...
