TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) has named Optensity the winner of the $25, 000 Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program Grand Challenge 2016 for the company’s SafeTravelerGlobe app, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The app works to provide users information on location-based threats and is now available vi...
KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) move to purchase U.S. government engineering and technical services contractor Wyle Laboratories for $570 million aims to add a pipeline of domestic research-and-development services to federal agencies as a complement to work carried out overseas, KBR CEO Stuart Bradie told investors Monday. Bradie said a majority ...
Houston-based KBR (NYSE: KBR) has agreed to purchase U.S. federal engineering and scientific services contractor Wyle Laboratories for $570 million in a move both companies expect to create a global government services business segment with an estimated $2 billion in projected annual contract work. KBR said Monday it expects to close the transaction...
Niels Jensen, a former regional vice president at information technology services company ForeScout Technologies, has been promoted to the newly-created position of senior vice president for the U.S. public sector. ForeScout said Friday it appointed Jensen as part of a strategy to expand its public sector business and he will lead initiati...
SRI International has appointed Greg Kovacs, a 25-year professor at Stanford University, as president of its biosciences division and named Erin Andre, former chief human resource officer of Convergys, as the nonprofit’s chief people officer. Kovacs will collaborate with other executives of SRI and the biosciences division ...
May 16 – May 20 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The future of the federal government and contractor workforces is our focus here as we look at a pair of new initiatives announced this week that aim to help build up skill sets for current...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 ” Vencore and its partners have utilized its Activity-Based Intelligence technique to process and analyze open source data on activities in Syria as part of an internal research and development project, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it worked with Recorded...
Saab has received an estimated $184 million order for a lightweight torpedo system from Sweden’s defense logistics agency. The company will develop, produce and deliver the torpedo from 2016 through 2024 in support of the Swedish armed forces™ underwater systems, Saab said Friday. Gorgen Johansson of Saab said the lightweight&nb...
Sabre Systems has landed a potential five-year, $150 million task order under the U.S. Navy‘s Seaport-e contract vehicle to provide systems, software engineering and technical support for the service branch’s software engineering and acquisition management division. Sabre said Friday it will also provide systems and ...
AE Industrial Partners has acquired AC&A, a manufacturer of composite and metallic parts and tooling for the aerospace, defense, space and automotive markets. The private investment firm said Thursday the deal follows AEI’s purchase of Belcan, an engineering project management and technical staffing company, and K...
