Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 11/02/2015

Health Net 3Q Earnings Meet Wall Street Forecasts; Gov’t Contracts Revenue Up 14%

Health Net (NYSE: HNT) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported third quarter earnings of 96 cents per share to meet the consensus forecast of Wall Street analysts and exceed prior year figures by 24 cents…

Booz Allen Buys SPARC’s Software Development Services Business; Horacio Rozanski Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has bought SPARC‘s software development services unit for an undisclosed amount in a push to help government customers address mission critical system challenges through agile methodology…

GAO Upholds PAE-BWXT JV’s $1B NASA Facility Support Contract

The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest of NASA‘s potential 10-year, $1.2 billion contract awarded in July to a joint venture of PAE and BWXT. Representatives from NASA and PAE have confirmed to GovCon Wire the contract with Syncom Space Services has been re-initiated…

Christopher Kastner to Become Huntington Ingalls CFO in March 2016; Mike Petters Comments

Christopher Kastner, corporate vice president and general manager of corporate development at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will transition into new roles as chief financial officer and corporate VP for business development by March 1…

Boeing to Upgrade Air Force F-15 Radars Under $282M Contract

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has received a $281,741,390 contract to update the radars installed in the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 fleet. Boeing will perform procurement, installation and spares production for 17 F-15 (V)3 and 29 Radar Modernization Program radars, the Defense Department said Friday…

Air Force Taps Sierra Nevada for $172M A-29 FMS Contract With Lebanon

Sierra Nevada has won a potential four-year, $172.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce six A-29 aircraft for the government of Lebanon through a foreign military sales agreement. The firm-fixed-price contract also covers support equipment, spares, interim contractor assistance, alternate mission tools and engineering support services for the planes, the Defense Department said Friday…

Air Force’s Sandra Finan Named DoD Deputy CIO for C4 Information Infrastructure

Maj. Gen. Sandra Finan — a former U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center commander — has been named deputy chief information officer for command, control, communications and computers and information infrastructure at the Defense Department…

Patty Reed For Providence District, Fairfax County School Board

The Government Contracting marketplace needs a steady supply of highly educated workers and an educational system that embraces STEM. That is why, for the first time, GovConWire is endorsing Patty Reed for the Providence District, Fairfax County School Board…