The State Department has cleared a potential $225 million foreign military sale of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems and logistics support for the United Arab Emirates’ C-17 military transport planes. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will act as principal contractors for the&nbs...
Tribalco has appointed John Gregorits and Ronald Crocker to its capture team in an effort to support its long-term growth efforts and expand its contract vehicle portfolio. Gregorits, formerly senior director of business development at Vencore, will serve as Tribalco’s vice president of capture, Tribalco said Wednesday. In this role, he w...
Leanne Caret, a 28-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been elected by the board of directors to serve as president and CEO of the company’s defense, space and security segment beginning March 1. She will succeed Chris Chadwick, who has led the $30.88 billion BDS segment since December 2013 and will retire this spring...
Jennifer Roseman, formerly Three Wire Systems™ senior vice president and VP for the company’s VetAdvisor program, has been named executive VP of VetAdvisor services. Roseman will oversee the implementation of veteran outreach programs with the goal to help veterans avail of health screenings and reintegration coaching services, Three Wire...
The GovCon Index climbed back from a more than 1-percent fall in morning trade Tuesday but fell short of a full turnaround in the final hour, down 0.059 points to 71.756 in activity that mirrored U.S. stocks’ reversals as oil prices held positive. Crude oil futures in New York settled up 28 cents to $32.15 a barrel after ne...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 24, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has officially unveiled that its teaming arrangement with CAE (NYSE: CAE), Finmeccanica and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) will offer the T-100 trainer aircraft for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Raytheon said Monday T-100 is based on the Aermacchi M...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 24, 2016 ” Battelle has appointed Jeff Geppert, a former internal research coordinator for health and consumer solutions, as one of the senior research leaders at the nonprofit company, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Battelle said Monday Geppert will be in charge of the company’s work with th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 24, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) is ranked seventh in Fortune magazine’s list of the “world’s most admired companies” for 2016 in the information technology services category, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the recognition is based on FortuneR...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 24, 2016 ” Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) will serve as a Cyber Silver corporate sponsor of the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot program for students, GovCon Executive reported Friday. AFA said Thursday the program aims to help students build cyber skills and encourage them to pursue ...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has wrapped up its acquisition of TeleCommunication Systems for approximately $430.8 million in cash. TCS stockholders secured cash of $5.00 per share as the company’s common stock ceased trading on the Nasdaq Global Market at market close Tuesday following the completion of the purchase, Com...
