ManTech Sells Software Arm to EDR Provider CounterTack
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 16, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Wednesday on ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) selling its commercial software division to CounterTack, a big data endpoint detection and response company. The deal includes ManTech acquiring an equity stake in CounterTack, and William Varner, president of ManTech Mission, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions Group, an observer post on the...
Jacobs Engineering Names Steven Demetriou as President, CEO
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 15, 2015 — Steven Demetriou will join Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) as its new president and CEO beginning on Aug. 17, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Demetriou, a global business leader for more than 30 years, including 10 years as CEO at Aleris International, takes over from Craig Martin, who retired in December 2014, Jacobs said Monday. About Executive Mosaic:...
Tom Romeo Highlights Workforce Focus at Maximus, Post-Acentia Buy
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 14, 2015 — Tom Romeo, Maximus federal services president, is busy with company culture and workforce integration months into its recent purchase of information technology services firm Acentia. Romeo told BisNow in an interview posted Friday that Maximus expects to put out new products through the $300 million acquisition that would bring new clients and provide access to...
Andy Jazwick Joins CAE as DC Operations VP for Defense and Security
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 13, 2015 — CAE has announced Andy Jazwick as its new Washington operations vice president for the company’s defense and security business unit, GovCon Wire reported Friday. Jazwick brings more than three decades of experience in the areas of defense, transportation, government and legislation, public policy and strategy development from previous key roles at Cubic Corp.,...
Boeing Receives Long Lead Items Procurement Contract for FRP P-8A
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 6, 2015 — Boeing has received a $358.9 million contract modification to provide long lead items for the manufacture of 29 P-8A Poseidon aircraft ordered by the U.S. Navy and Australia, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. Sixty-one percent of the materials under the contract will be procured for USN full rate production Lot II and Lot III, and the rest for Royal Australian Air...
HII Awarded Maintenance Support Work on USS Nimitz, Carl Vinson
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 6, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries said it has come into new work to provide support for maintenance services on two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz and the USS Carl Vinson, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. HII said its Newport News Shipbuilding arm will carry out the potential $75 million contract at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Naval Base Colorado with a...
CTC Awards Winners to Great Americans Essay Event
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 1, 2015 — Concurrent Technologies Corp. affiliate CTC Foundation has held its Great Americans Day Essay Contest annual event with Johnstown, Pittsburgh, students tasked to write about media man and humorist Will Rogers as this year’s topic, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. CTC said Tuesday Ed Sheehan Jr., president and CEO of CTC and CTC Foundation president, handed...
Lockheed Subsidiary Awarded VA Caregiver Resource, Time, Attendance Systems Contracts; Horace Blackman Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA July 1, 2015 — The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen Lockheed Martin company Systems Made Simple to update and aid in the expansion of the agency’s Caregiver Application Tracker platform, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Systems Made Simple said VA is preparing its CAT resource system to cope with an expected rise in users amid an exponential increase in demand for the...
DIA Picks Parsons for Support Work on Missile and Space Intelligence Center
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 30, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Monday on the Defense Intelligence Agency awarding Parsons Government Services a potential $68.8 million contract to provide support for the Missile and Space Intelligence Center. The Pentagon said Friday work on the contract, with an ordering period of five years, will occur at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama through June 2020. About Executive...
Bruce Carlson Joins Lockheed Martin Board of Directors
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 29, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Friday on Lockheed Martin announcing Bruce Carlson’s election to its board of directors. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin chairman, president and CEO, cited the former U.S. Air Force general’s expertise in security and defense issues at the national and global level as “invaluable” additions to the team. “Bruce’s extensive knowledge of...
Mac Curtis Announces Jennifer Felix as New Addition to Vencore Executive Team
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 26, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on Jennifer Felix being named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Vencore, effective July 20. Felix joins Vencore from Sotera Defense Solutions, where she held the CTO role for three years. “Jennifer is a distinguished and strategic addition to our executive leadership team,” Vencore President and CEO Mac Curtis, an...
CACI Lands SPAWAR Contract To Evaluate Naval Ship Maintenance Operations
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 25, 2015 — GovCon Wire reported Wednesday on CACI International being awarded a potential $59.8 million task order to help the U.S. Navy evaluate how its ships are maintained. The work includes four years of modeling and analysis support for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center’s Maintenance Figure of Merit program to...