The State Department has approved Iraq™s request to buy munitions, weapons, related equipment and logistics support services for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government under a potential $1.95 billion foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday that Iraq will use the weapons systems...
Shawn Kingsberry, formerly director of cloud solutions at Engility (NYSE: EGL), has joined Unisys (NYSE: UIS) as head of the information technology firm’s global digital government practice. Kingsberry will directly report to Mark Forman, vice president of the global public sector business at Unisys, and will work to guide publ...
Kirill Tatarinov, formerly executive vice president of Microsoft™s (Nasdaq: MSFT) business solutions division, has joined Citrix (Nasdaq: CTXS) as president and CEO. Tatarinov will also join the Citrix board and succeed interim President and CEO Robert Calderoni, who will continue his role as executive chairman of the board, Citrix said Wednesd...
FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) has bought security threat intelligence company iSIGHT Partners for $200 million cash in a bid to help enterprise clients detect and respond to sophisticated cyber attacks. Former iSIGHT shareholders are eligible to receive an additional $75 million in cash and stock if the business meets the target for threat intelligence boo...
Tiffanny Gates, formerly vice president of cyber strategies at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, has joined Novetta as president of the company’s federal division. Gates will be responsible for the company’s projects for the U.S. government and for the division’s strategy, business development and...
The GovCon Index mirrored wild volatility in U.S. markets Wednesday to close at a decline of 0.703 points to 71.438 with an attempt to recover from steep and rapid declines during morning and mid-afternoon trade. The Index showed a 3.5 percent decline at around 12 p.m. ET and fell further to a 4.5-percent loss shortly...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has named Preston Dunlap as the national security analysis mission area executive, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. Dunlap was formerly a national security fellow at the national security analysis department of Johns Hopkins APL, the lab s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” NCR (NYSE: NCR) will deploy its Retail ONE omnichannel software platform at the Defense Commissary Agency to support DeCA’s global network of military commissaries, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Stan Ratcliffe, president of NCR’s government systems business, said in a press relea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) collaborated with Affigent and ThunderCat Technology to install its switching technology into the U.S. Air Force‘s data transport system, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Juniper said Tuesday the collaboration is in support of contracts awarded to Affigent and Thu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Technical and Project Engineering will work with partners Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) and Keith Stalder & Associates to provide training systems and support services to the U.S. Marine Corps under a $28.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. TAPE said Friday the contract covers su...
