Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 03/04/2016

IT Vet Doug Natal Joins MapR to Lead Federal Business, Big Data Market Push

San Jose, Calif.-based data technology provider MapR Technologies has appointed three-decade industry veteran Douglas Natal as vice president and general manager of the company’s federal government business…

Nutanix to House East Coast & Federal Operations in Tysons Corner VA

San Jose, Calif.-based storage and virtualization company Nutanix will formally open a new facility in Tysons Corner, Virginia on Tuesday to serve as the main hub for federal government and commercial business operations on the East Coast…

ICF Receives $35M CDC Award for HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Support

ICF International has received a five-year, $34.6 million task order to perform analytic, financial and communications services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV/AIDS prevention program…

S-RAM Dynamics to Build CO2 Refrigeration System Under Army Contract

S-RAM Dynamics has landed a $1 million contract to develop and test a mobile carbon dioxide refrigeration system prototype for the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center. The company said Friday the Small Business Independent Research phase 2 contract looks to reduce energy and fuel consumption of the Army’s mobile refrigeration systems through the use of S-RAM’s energy recovery compressor…

Capstone Lands CNO Contract to Implement Information Resource Mgmt Programs; Rich White Comments

Capstone has received a five-year $25.8 million contract from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to implement and maintain information resource management programs for the CNO’s chief information officer…

Leda Chong Appointed Gulfstream Government Programs & Sales SVP; Mark Burns Comments

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Leda Chong, formerly senior vice president for strategic planning, as SVP for government programs and sales. Gulfstream said Wednesday Chong will report to Gulfstream President Mark Burns and oversee global government and special mission sales and marketing, business development and international relations…

Air Force Subjects 2nd Boeing KC-46A to Initial Flight Test; Col. John Newberry Comments

The U.S. Air Force has put the second Boeing-built KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft through its first flight test nearly two months after the company completed an initial refueling test of the first tanker with an F-16 jet…

Modification Award Brings Leidos’ Navy Access Control Sustainment Contract Value to $107M

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a three-month, $9.3 million contract modification to continue its lifecycle sustainment services for the U.S. Navy’s access control systems as well as command, control, computers, communications and intelligence platforms…