TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 24, 2016 ” Intelligent Software Solutions will continue to provide sustainment support to several U.S. military agencies located domestically and in Asia under a $2.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said March 14 the contract covers research...
Sirius Computer Solutions has agreed to purchase Crofton, Maryland-based security firm Force 3 for an undisclosed sum to expand Sirius’ portfolio of computer networking and security offerings for the federal sector. Joe Mertens, president and CEO of Sirius, said Thursday the companies also seek to access new government technology con...
Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has appointed Mary Gendron to lead the company’s global information technology operations as its senior vice president and chief information officer. Gendron will report directly to George Davis, Qualcomm executive vice president and chief financial officer, the mobile technology services provider sa...
The GovCon Index stumbled from the open to close at a loss of 0.279 points to 75.052 as U.S. stock declines mirrored a fall in commodities such as oil and investors continued to speculate over when the next interest rate increases could occur. Los Angeles-based health insurance provider Health Net (NYSE: HNT) led Index gainers at 3.67 ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) has inked a cooperative research and development agreement with Los Alamos National Laboratory to explore the potential of an energy-efficient storage tier for supercomputers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the research effort seeks to develop an a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is working with the U.S. and Indian governments to discuss the potential move of some F-16 aircraft production operations to India, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Hindu newspaper reported Monday the plan works to support the country’s recapitalization targe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) have unveiled separate cybersecurity initiatives that seek to address shortages in the workforce and information-sharing activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday Fortinet will open a Network Security Academy wh...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Earl Matthews, vice president of U.S. public sector enterprise security solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), will participate at a panel discussion during a FireEye-hosted (Nasdaq: FEYE) event on April 12, GovCon Executive reported March 16. FireEye said March 15 Matthews will b...
Lee Shabe, formerly president and general manager at L-3 Communications™ (NYSE: LLL) national security solutions unit, has joined ViON as vice president of the cloud solutions program management office. Shabe will be responsible for pricing, program management and delivery of ViON™s cloud platforms and as-a-service offerings, ViON sai...
The U.S. Navy has selected five companies to provide teaching and research services and subject matter expertise in support of the Naval Postgraduate School™s educational programs under a potential $502.7 million contract. Creek Technologies, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Digital Consulting Services, DeVine Consulting and MAC Consulting Services...
