TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2016 ” Parsons and the National Security Agency have partnered on a cybersecurity competition for students of military institutions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said April 12 the Cyber Defense Exercise was held at its cyber center in Maryland, with the winners announced...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide enterprise IT network support, systems engineering, software engineering and IT infrastructure maintenance services to the Department of Veterans Affairs under a $22.3 billion contract vehicle awarded in March, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The com...
Jonathan Greenert, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and formerly its top uniformed officer, has joined the board of directors at BAE Systems Inc. – the British contractor’s U.S. subsidiary — and will serve for a term of up to three years. Board Chairman Michael Chertoff said Tuesday the subsidiary elected Greenert to...
John Johns, a former vice president from Six3 Systems and business development executive at other GovCon companies, has joined Hanover, Md.-based cyber and geospatial services company KEYW Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW) as vice president of BD and account executive for national agencies. KEYW said Tuesday it appointed the 25-year...
The GovCon Index bounced back from its early morning decline at the open to close at a gain of 0.522 points to 76.214 as both stock and commodities markets seemed to move past news that major oil suppliers did not agree on a production freeze at their Doha meeting over the weekend. The Index opened nearly one-quarter...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will sponsor a College for Business and Entrepreneurship at King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Wednesday it has partnered with Babson Global, the Saudi Arabia Economic Offset Program office and KAEC to open ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2016 ” Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) plans to invest an estimated $200 million into educational programs over the next 18 months in support of the White House’s Computer Science for All initiative, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Wednesday the investment aims to deliver computer science educ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2016 ” Parsons will provide Ballistic Missile Defense System implementation support to the Missile Defense Agency under the $60 million contract the agency awarded in March, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. “This contract is a natural extension of the work we have been performing for the MDA for...
Mitel (Nasdaq: MITL) has agreed to purchase Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM) for approximately $1.96 billion in cash and stock as both companies seek to establish a business that will offer communications and collaboration systems to enterprise customers. Both companies expect to close the acquisition in the third quarter of 2016 and create a combin...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.386-point increase to 75.69, capping GCI’s third week in positive territory over the past four weeks. Energy shares saw a decline of at least 1 percent ahead of a meeting between the world’s largest oil producers Sunday to discuss measures to address a potent...
