The FBI‘s number of investigations into possible economic espionage on U.S. businesses has increased by 53 percent within the past year, a top bureau official told the Potomac Officers Club Wednesday. Randall Coleman — executive assistant director of the criminal, cyber, response and services branch – described that ...
Philippe Vallee, chief operating officer at Gemalto, will be endorsed by the board of directors to succeed Olivier Piou as the new CEO of the Amsterdam-based digital security firm, effective Sept. 1. Piou will retire on Aug. 31 but will continue to serve on Gemalto’s board as a non-executive director, Gemalto said Tuesday. “[Piouâ€â„...
Michael Link, a former senior vice president from global marketing research firm Nielsen, has joined Bethesda, Maryland-based services contractor Abt Associates as president and CEO of its public policy research subsidiary Abt SRBI, the parent company said Monday. Silver Spring-headquartered Abt SRBI conducts opinion surveys and other...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) executive has urged the U.S. Navy to proceed with the LX(R) dock-landing ship development program in fiscal 2018 rather than fiscal 2020, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Reuters reported Tuesday HII CEO Mike Petters said starting the progr...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 4, 2016 — CEO Omar Balkissoon has been elected into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his vision in geospatial data analytics. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic™s o...
Washington-based engineering services contractor Allegheny Science and Technology Corp. has appointed Doug Kaempf as vice president of Energy Futures, a strategic business unit of the company. Kaempf will lead the company’s contract with the Energy Department for mission-oriented technical support to DOE’s Energy Efficiency and...
March 28 – April 1 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson An acquisition deal announced this week appears on the surface to have its roots in Tokyo and Texas but its impact will also be felt right here in the Washington region with respect to the fed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 1, 2016 ” Capgemini will provide continued application development and management support to the U.K. agency for revenue and customs in line with the latter’s digital modernization program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will transition applications and services and pr...
A team comprising Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and DRS Technologies has been awarded a potential $154.4 million contract by the U.S. Army to help develop sensor technology for soldiers to detect targets through fog, Defense News reported Thursday. Jen Judson writes the companies will provide up to 96 3rd Generation FLIR B-Kits to the Arm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2016 ” NASA will build new ground infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center to support the processing of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Orion spacecraft and Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Space Launch System, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The space agency said Wednesday its plan is the result of an as...
