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...
Craig Reed, a three-decade GovCon veteran and former senior vice president from Engility (NYSE: EGL), has joined Vienna, Virginia-based information technology government services contractor NT Concepts as president and chief operating officer. NT Concepts said Thursday Reed will oversee operations, growth strategies and business deve...
James Williams, a vice president at Parsons, has been named chief of the cyber infrastructure protection sector within the company™s federal business unit. He will oversee the expansion strategies of the firm™s physical and cybersecurity business in both government and commercial markets, Parsons said Wednesday. œ[Williams], with his ...
