Posts from GovConWire for 01/21/2016

David DeWalt: FireEye Makes Cyber Threat Intell Push Through $200M iSIGHT Buy

FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) has bought security threat intelligence company iSIGHT Partners for $200 million cash in a bid to help enterprise clients detect and respond to sophisticated cyber attacks. Former iSIGHT shareholders are eligible to receive an additional $75 million in cash and stock if the business meets the target for threat intelligence bookings by the end of FireEye’s fiscal 2018 second quarter, FireEye said Wednesday…

Lockheed Picks Orbital ATK Alternative Warhead for Army Rocket System; Pat Nolan Comments

Orbital ATK has received a $14 million contract from Lockheed Martin to build alternative warheads for the U.S. Army’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. Orbital ATK recently tested the warheads with lethality enhanced ordnance technology to Army standards for area effects and the design met the GMLRS requirements, Orbital ATK said Wednesday…

Shawn Kingsberry Joins Unisys as Global Digital Govt Practice Lead; Mark Forman Comments

Shawn Kingsberry, formerly director of cloud solutions at Engility (NYSE: EGL), has joined Unisys (NYSE: UIS) as head of the information technology firm’s global digital government practice. Kingsberry will directly report to Mark Forman, vice president of the global public sector business at Unisys, and will work to guide public sector consumers as they adopt cloud computing, data analytics and other digital government platforms, Unisys saidWednesday…

Tiffanny Gates Joins Novetta as Federal Division President; Peter LaMontagne Comments

Tiffanny Gates, formerly vice president of cyber strategies at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, has joined Novetta as president of the company’s federal division. Gates will be responsible for the company’s projects for the U…

Raytheon Wins Air Force Contract for R&D to Boost Missile Capability

Raytheon will provide research and development support to help boost the U.S. Air Force‘s capabilities in air-launched tactical missiles under a $14 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract…

SAIC’s Tony Moraco to Keynote NVTC Titans Series Event

Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., will deliver a speech at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2016 Titans Series event. Moraco will discuss his views on innovation and how he leads SAIC when it comes to the delivery of services to commercial and federal government clients, NVTC said Wednesday…

James Syring: MDA Eyes Kill Vehicle Test in 2018, Seeks Anti-Missile Drone Tech

Navy Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, has said MDA aims to begin flight tests of its modified kill vehicle in 2018 and field the platform by 2019, Space News reported Wednesday…

January 20 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Record 1% Declines on Continued Oil-Driven Volatility

The GovCon Index mirrored wild volatility in U.S. marketsWednesday to close at a decline of 0.703 points to 71.438 with an attempt to recover from steep and rapid declines during morning and mid-afternoon trade…