Kirk Herdman, formerly executive vice president of corporate strategy at KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW), has been named EVP of corporate strategy and business development at the Hanover, Maryland-based contractor. KeyW said Friday Herdman succeeds Michele Cook, who will leave her role as business development EVP to pursue other career goals. Herdman joine...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 15, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide continued support for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center’s systems and computer resources under a $25.5 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Dep...
Weekly Roundup September 11 – September 15 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, let™s take a look at the current landscape of mergers and acquisitions in the GovCon sector. Notable M&A activity includes: CenturyLink adjusting the clo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 14, 2017 ” Manish Parikh, vice president of business development and strategy for BAE Systems‘ U.S. operations, has said cloud computing, cyber hardening and data analytics are the key technology areas that present growth opportunities for the company’s intelligence and security sector. “The futur...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 14, 2017 ” Vinny Sica, vice president and general manager for mission solutions at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has said the business unit is working to build on its integrated offerings for international customers as the space industry continues to transform and the domain becomes congested, contested and competit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 14, 2017 ” CAE has entered into a partnership with business school HEC Montreal’s research laboratory in Canada to study pilots’ user experience in flight simulators in efforts to build on aviator performance, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with T...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $599.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to conduct preliminary design activities to convert a pair of 747-8 aircraft into presidential planes. The modification covers the initial design of the future Air Force One fleet that includes the integration of a mission comm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2017 ” Greg Souchack, partner for managed services and cloud solutions at IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) global business services unit, has said the company’s Watson artificial intelligence technology will work to help the U.S. Army perform an analysis of the cost of transporting military equipment...
The State Department has approved Canada™s request to buy Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft and related equipment and services from the U.S. government under a potential $5.23 billion foreign military sales agreement. Boeing, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) will ser...
A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) subsidiary has received a $150.8 million contract modification to continue planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers and Spruance-class destroyers. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding business will provide modernization program planning; shi...
