Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 02/29/2016

Albany International to Purchase Harris’ Aerostructures Business for $210M

Textiles and materials processing company Albany International (NYSE: AIN) has agreed to purchase the aerostructures business of Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS) for $210 million, which includes a $187 million cash portion and a $23 million lease…

AECOM-ManTech JV to Help Navy, Marine Corps Prepare Environmental Planning Docs

A joint venture of AECOM and ManTech International has been awarded a potential five-year, $30 million contract from the U.S Navy and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to prepare environmental planning documents for the Navy and U…

Accenture to Help ONC Develop Guidelines for Patient-Generated Health Data Mgmt

Accenture has received a two-year contract from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to assist the agency in creating a policy framework on the collection and management of patient-reported information…

American Systems Finalizes Defense Healthcare Mgmt Testing Infrastructure; Peter Smith Comments

American Systems has finished the testing infrastructure for the Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems under a General Services Administration Connections II contract. West Virginia-based Allegany Ballistics Laboratory hosts the testing infrastructure to maintain information technology systems, applications, networks and virtual environments, American Systems said Monday…

ServiceNow Cloud Platform Receives FedRAMP Certification; Steve Alfieris Comments

ServiceNow’s cloud platform offering has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification from the U.S. government. The interagency Joint Authorization Board awarded the FedRAMP provisional authorization to operate to ServiceNow after the company passed the federal risk management process, ServiceNow said Monday…

Boeing Lands $153M IT Partnership Contract From Staffordshire Police in UK

Boeing has landed an estimated $153 million contract to provide information technology support to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in Staffordshire, England. The Staffordshire PCC office said Thursday it believes the 10-year contract to be the first IT partnership in the police force in the U…

Army Awards $148M Vessel Repair, Modification Contract to Nine Firms

The U.S. Army has awarded nine companies a $147.8 million contract to overhaul and repair the service’s vessels located in the U.S. east coast. GMD Shipyard, Colonna’s Ship Yard, Tecnico, Yank Marine, Metal Trades, Detyens Shipyards, Lyon Shipyard, Davis Boat Works and East Coast Repair & Fabrication will perform work through Feb…