Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 11/17/2014

Kamal Narang: SRA to Extend Development Work for CDC-FDA Vaccine Info Database

SRA International has been awarded a potential five-year, $18 million contract to help develop and maintain applications and process data for a vaccine information system used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration…

Boeing-Led Team Wins $524M to Train Australia’s Military Helicopter Pilots; Kim Gillis Comments

A Boeing-led (NYSE: BA) consortium has been awarded a $524 million contract to provide combat helicopter training to air crews of Australian army and navy over the next 25 years. Boeing partnered with Thales, Airbus and Turbomeca for the Australian military’s JP 9000 Phase 7-Helicopter Aircrew Training System program, Boeing said Monday…

Kevin Berryman Joins Jacobs as EVP, CFO; Craig Martin Comments

Kevin Berryman, formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer at International Flavors and Fragrances, has joined Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) as EVP and CFO. Berryman will succeed 40-year Jacobs veteran John Prosser and be responsible for the company’s accounting, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, global supply management and real estate operations, Jacobs said Friday…

Mark DeYoung: ATK’s Spinoff Firm Vista Outdoor to Build Utah-Based Headquarters

Vista Outdoor, a sporting goods company spun off from ATK, is considering several possible sites in Utah to be its global headquarters. ATK said Thursday Vista Outdoor aims to employ as many as 5,800 workers globally and to have a manufacturing presence in approximately 10 U…

Report: Joint Chiefs of Staff Seek $60B Increase for FY 2016 Defense Budget

Leaders of U.S. military branches are pushing for a fiscal 2016 Pentagon base budget that is $60 billion higher than the projected $535 billion defense spending cap in 2016, Defense News reportedSunday…

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