New York-based Drone USA has signed a letter of intent to buy an unidentified West Coast-based supplier of machine parts, spares and replacement tools to the defense and commercial sectors through a cash-and-stock transaction of an undisclosed sum. Drone USA CEO Michael Bannon said Thursday he expects the transaction to help bolster the company̵...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 9, 2016 ” Fulcrum has received a 2016 Helios HR Apollo Award in recognition of the company’s employee assimilation and onboarding practices, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Friday it was one of 33 finalists in Helios HR’s annual awards for human resources and has also re...
Jennifer Chronis, a former vice president in IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) federal business and 15-year “Big Blue” veteran, has joined cloud computing services contractor Amazon Web Services as general manager for the Defense Department market, AWS has confirmed to GovCon Wire. Chronis will oversee accounts related to the f...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a 20-month, $600 million contract modification by the Missile Defense Agency to continue providing technical integration and operational support services for the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification increases the contract’s total value&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2016 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received an additional $200, 000 from the Office of Naval Research to bring a contract for the development of a U.S. Marine Corps pre-deployment training program to a cumulative value of $1.1 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Vi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2016 ” Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) has found that federal information management professionals anticipate increased demand for skills in information security, data quality management and analytics within the next five years, Executive Gov reported Friday. The company said Wednesday its survey of 200 relevant govern...
Kymm McCabe, founder and CEO of business development services provider Value Storm Growth Partners, has joined Deloitte™s federal government services practice as a principal of the company™s digital consultancy business. McCabe will focus on Deloitte Digital™s efforts to help federal government clients craft digital strategies an...
John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business segment, has been promoted to corporate senior vice president and president of Oshkosh Defense. The company said Monday Bryant’s responsibilities will cover tactical wheeled vehicle programs, product development, manufacturing, oper...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2016 ” Kevin Robinson, president and CEO of Modern Technology Solutions Inc., has said the company works to drive its growth strategy in the unmanned aircraft systems market through programs with government agencies and alliances with commercial partners, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “We are selecti...
Heidi Wood, formerly senior vice president of strategy at Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR), has joined L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) as VP and chief analytics officer. Wood will report directly to Christopher Kubasik, L-3 president and chief operating officer, and will be in charge of the company™s acquisitions strategy, business developmen...
