Posts from GovConWire for 02/16/2016

Tom Vecchiolla, Raytheon Int’l President, Named to 2016 Wash100 for Cyber & Tech Collaboration Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Tom Vecchiolla, president of Raytheon‘s international sales and marketing division, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

Nadia Short of General Dynamics Selected to Wash100 for Cyber Tech Investment, Insider Threat Defense Vision

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Nadia Short, a vice president and general manager at General Dynamics, as the newest inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting industry…

Army Posts RFP for $12B Follow-On Enterprise IT Services Contract

The U.S. Army has launched a formal solicitation for its potential nine-year, $12.1 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 Services acquisition vehicle. The Army said in a request for proposals posted Friday on FedBizOpps the multiple-award contract will comprise IT systems integration and management support services for the military branch, Defense Department components and federal civilian agencies…

Philadelphia Gear Wins Potential $1.04B Navy Destroyer Reduction Gear Engineering Contract

Philadelphia Gear has won a potential $1.04 billion contract to engineer the main reduction gears for the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. The company will perform work in California, Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania and other locations through February 2017, the Defense Department said Thursday…

Energy Sector Vet Charles Woodburn Named BAE COO; Roger Carr Comments

Charles Woodburn, a 20-year oil and gas industry veteran and former CEO of oilfield services company Expro, has joined BAE Systems as chief operating officer. He will report directly to CEO Ian King and will also join BAE’s board as an executive director in the second quarter of 2016, the company said Monday…

State Dept OKs $700M Sale of F-16 Aircraft, Logistics Support to Pakistan

The State Department has given Pakistan the go-ahead to buy eight F-16 Block 52 planes, related equipment and logistics support from the U.S. government under a potential $699.04 million foreign military sales agreement…

Gail Rissler Named Suntiva COO; Hany Malik Comments

Gail Rissler, formerly a senior vice president of Suntiva, has been named the first chief operating officer of the company. She will lead Suntiva’s health, defense, federal civilian and intelligence community business units and oversee the company’s business expansion, strategy execution and business development, Suntiva said Friday…

February 16 Morning Report: GovCon Index Posts Gain on Stock, Oil Price Recoveries

The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.547 points to 69.294 on increased investor confidence in bank and retail stocks and price recoveries in brent and crude oil. The Index posted a 2-percent decline for the past week and is down 10…