Gene Ray, Jay Cohen to Serve in Interim Exec Roles at Decision Sciences Decision Sciences International Corp. has named former Titan Corp. CEO Gene Ray as interim CEO and former Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Jay Cohen as interim chief operating officer… Read More Thales, MBDA Partner With Polish Firm on Bid for Poland’s Missile...
Year: 2014
Posts from GovConWire for 12/29/2014
Stanton Sloane Appointed Comtech President, CEO; Fred Kornberg Comments Raytheon, US Army Test Radar-Aerostat above Maryland; Dave Gulla Comments, The U.S. Army has deployed a Raytheon-built blimp system over Maryland’s airspace as part of operational tests for the aerostat… Read More Stanton Sloane Appointed Comtech President, CEO; Fred Kornberg Comments, Stanton Sloane, president and CEO of...
Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/23/2014
FAA Awards Raytheon $350M for Air Traffic Control Updates; Michael Espinola Comments Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $350 million contract modification with the Federal Aviation Administration to extend the company’s air traffic control center modernization work under the FAA’s Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement program to September 2017… Read More Report: Boeing, Navy Talk Growler Production Extension Through 2017...
Posts from GovConWire for 12/23/2014
FAA, Industry Issue Safety Guide for Drone Operators; Michael Huerta Comments The Federal Aviation Administration has partnered with industry groups to kick off a campaign on the safe use of drones in response to concerns over aircraft collisions, the Associated Press reported Monday… Read More Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary to Provide Navy With Blackjack Drones Boeing (NYSE:...
Posts from GovCon Daily for 12/22/2014
December 22 Market Close: GovCon Index Hits 30 for 30 in 1% Climb The GovCon Index started the week of Christmas with a gain of .903 points — or 1.250 percent — to close at 71.280 on Monday. All 30 companies on the GovCon Index recorded gains in a day that saw the index extend its streak of gains to...
Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/22/2014
State Dept OKs $3B Abrams Tank, Humvee Sale to Iraq The State Department has approved two foreign military sales agreements worth around $3 billion combined with Iraq for General Dynamics-built (NYSE: GD) Abrams tanks, up-armored Humvees and related equipment and accessories… Read More NIST Unveils Cloud Service Metric Guide The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released...
Posts from GovConWire for 12/22/2014
GSA Issues Phase 1 RFP for Development of FBI’s New HQ The General Services Administration is seeking proposals from real estate developers on the construction of a new and consolidated FBI headquarters to replace the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington… Read More Beth Cobert: Agencies Report Q4 Developments on Gov’t Performance Priority Goals Beth Cobert, deputy director...
Posts from GovConDaily for 12/19/2014
December 19 Market Close: GovCon Index Inches Up The GovCon Index ended the trading week with a gain of 0.293 points — or 0.414 percent — to close at 70.507 on Friday. Investment activity continued to reflect traders’ attitudes toward how major central banks could raise interest rates as the Federal Reserve said this week...
Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/19/2014
FBI: North Korea Behind Sony Hack The FBI has determined the North Korean government was responsible for the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the agency said in a statement Friday. In that statement, the FBI said it traced the hack to North Korea through a discovery of what the bureau called “significant overlap” between...
Posts from GovConWire for 12/19/2014
Rob Weiss: Lockheed to Continue Open Architecture Support for USAF Aircraft Modernization Lockheed Martin has deployed its Skunk Works Enterprise Open Systems Architecture to integrate multiple sensors that are compliant with the U.S. Air Force‘s Open Mission Systems standard into the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft… Read More Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region MAXIMUS will deliver the U.K. department for work...