TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has unveiled a new facility in the U.K. that will house the assembly, integration and testing of the Armored Fighting Vehicles in the country, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the facility in South Wales is scheduled to be fully operational by 2017 an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has tested the Standard Missile-6‘s function to engage surface targets using the decommissioned USS Reuben James as a designated target, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the test works to demonstrate anti-surface warfare, surface-to-surface engage...
Scott Ward, a former director of engines and motors at the United Launch Alliance, will join Sacramento, Calif.-based propulsion technology manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) as vice president of engineering. The 27-year aerospace engineering veteran will assume his new role on April 4 to offer more than&n...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded 21 companies spots under a potential 10-year, $22.3 billion acquisition vehicle that covers information technology upgrades support for VA and other federal agencies. The contractors will compete for task orders to provide healthcare IT, systems and software engineering, enterp...
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has received a $387.2 million contract modification to produce additional Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army. Sikorsky will deliver 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the Army to exercise an option in a previously awarded contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. T...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has secured a potential $250 million contract to provide aerospace testing and facilities operations and maintenance services at NASA‘s Ames Research Center. The company said Tuesday the ATOM-4 contract also requires information technology system administration and work on Ames̵...
The Defense Health Agency views the military’s transition to a new commercial electronic health record system as one path for the armed forces to design healthcare in a way more centered around a model based on interoperability and centered around patients, DHA’s director told the Potomac Officers Club Tuesday. U.S. N...
Chantilly, Virginia-based business management consultant firm Eagle Ray has named Susan Case as the company’s new vice president for Intelligence Community business development. Case joined the company in February from American Systems, where she was VP of the national security unit, and works to develop new business opportunities an...
The GovCon Index held lower throughout the trading session Tuesday and closed at a decline of 1.071 percent to 72.599 on earnings misses from two GCI stocks and investor reaction to oil price declines and new trade data out of China. ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) dropped 8.37 percent a day after the consulting services company post...
Japan-based telecommunications conglomerate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NYSE: NTT) is planning to make a $3.52 billion offer to acquire a Dell business unit that provides information technology services to government, education and healthcare agencies, Nikkei reported Tuesday. The report said NTT looks to purchase...
