The U.S. Army has awarded nine companies a $123.75 million contract to provide equipment, personnel and materials for its work to outfit and transition staff and patients. The selected contractors will perform work through March 1, 2017, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The companies will also provide supervision and non-personal servi...
The GovCon Index started March with a surge of 1.09 percent to 72.922 in activity that reflected larger gains in U.S. markets spurred by a climb in oil prices and a new manufacturing report that exceeded economists’ expectations. The Index has held above 72 points for three consecutive closes and four of the last six...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 1, 2016 ” An AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) joint venture will document environmental planning activities of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under a $30 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ManTech said Friday contract work will be centered on the Naval Facilities Engineer...
David Berteau, assistant secretary for logistics and materiel readiness at the Defense Department, has been appointed CEO of the Professional Services Council. His appointment is effective March 28 and comes six months after former CEO Stan Soloway resigned after 15 years of leadership at the trade organization that represents the gov...
Lynn Dugle, a nearly 12-year veteran of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), will join Chantilly, Virginia-based government services contractor Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) on March 21 as chief executive to succeed Tony Smeraglinolo, who has stepped down from the post after more than three years at the company. Dugle previously led Raytheon’s...
KEYW Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW) has agreed on a $12 million cash deal for the sale of its systems engineering and technical assistance business to Quantech Services. “As part of an ongoing strategic review of our business, we came to the conclusion that the growth potential of both KEYW’s core business and the SETA business can...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), G2 Software Systems and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) have won separate contracts to provide technical support services for the U.S. Navy. Each of the three-year, multiple-award contracts contains two option years, the Defense D...
The GovCon Index fell into a decline over the final two hours of trade Monday to end the full session at a loss of 0.351 points to 72.136 but still end February at a gain for the month. The Index rose 0.329 points in February as investors continued to welcome additional earnings reports from some government contractors ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will offer its in-house managed cybersecurity services to the federal market, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Washington Business Journal reported Thursday Randy James, an executive at CSRA, noted that the framework is based on acquired cyber tools from third-party vendors. About&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) has helped the U.S. Army develop a universal communications encryptor for military devices to aid in the transmission of classified information, ExecutiveGov reported Friday. The Army reported Wednesday Engility and its partners worked with the Army Communications-Electronics...
