Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 01/07/2016

Mary Davie: GSA Modifies Agreement With Esri to Consolidate Geospatial Software Contracts

The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has modified its agreement with geospatial software provider Esri in an effort to consolidate duplicate contracts for software licenses…

Accenture to Update SEC Website; Elaine Beeman Comments

A subsidiary of Accenture has been awarded a five-year, $17.9 million contract to update the visual style of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website. Accenture Federal Services will operate and maintain the SEC…

Army, DISA Start to Implement Defense Email Mailbox Size Limits

The U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency have started to implement mailbox size limits for the Defense Enterprise Email system in an effort to address increased storage consumption across the service…

John Urias to Retire as Oshkosh Defense President in February; Wilson Jones Comments

John Urias will retire on Feb. 6 as executive vice president of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) and president of the firm’s defense segment. President and CEO Wilson Jones will head the defense segment until the company finds a replacement for Urias, who cited family health matters as reason for his retirement, Oshkosh said Wednesday…

Navy Requests Info on IT Hardware, Services for NGEN Recompete

The Department of the Navy has issued a second request for information on commercial information technology hardware and operational support services ahead of a recompete of its Next Generation Enterprise Network program…

Finmeccanica Subsidiaries Get Estimated $132M Naval Assets Order From Angola

Two Finmeccanica subsidiaries have received orders for naval craft and surveillance systems worth an estimated $132.5 million from the Angolan government, Defense News reported Tuesday. Oscar Nkala writes Angola will acquire coastal radar and repeater communication systems from Selex for use in the National Maritime Security Coordination Center to be set up in Luanda and other stations by 2017…

Reuters: US, S. Korea Discuss Possible Response to N. Korea Nuclear Test

President Barack Obama has spoken to South Korean President Park Geun-hye about options for responding to North Korea’s fourth rogue nuclear test, Reuters reported Thursday. South Korea is considering deployment of U…

Harris Orders RF Microelectronics from Cobham; Andy Graven Comments

Harris Corp. has ordered $35 million in radio frequency microelectronic products from Cobham in support of Harris’ electronic warfare program. Cobham will produce the RF microelectronics at its San Jose and San Diego facilities, Cobham said Monday…