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  • Rob McHale Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award
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    Rob McHale Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award

    ExecutiveBiz is pleased to name Rob McHale, Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, as a recipient of its 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters Award. Mr. McHale has conducted multiple executive search assignments within the public sector technology marketplace, encompassing many functions of the executive suite with a concentration on CEO/general management, sales and marketing, as […] More

  • BlueRISC to Develop Malware Prediction, Detection System Under DHS Contract
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    BlueRISC to Develop Malware Prediction, Detection System Under DHS Contract

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has awarded BlueRISC a $750,000 contract to develop a technology platform for network and system defenders to predict and detect malware. DHS said Thursday BlueRISC will create a cyberattack forecasting prototype with the use of Graph Inference Theory and machine learning under the Malware Prediction for Situational Understanding and […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Support USAID Clean Energy Programs in Central Asia
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    Tetra Tech to Support USAID Clean Energy Programs in Central Asia

    Tetra Tech has received a four-year, $24 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from to support the U.S. Agency for International Development‘s efforts to accelerate adoption of clean energy services throughout Central Asia. The company said Thursday it will assist USAID and the agency’s Central Asian country partners to implement sustainable energy services in the region that are competitive with common […] More

  • Reports: General Dynamics to Help Romania Produce Armored Vehicles
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    Reports: General Dynamics to Help Romania Produce Armored Vehicles

    Romania’s ministry of economy has inked a memorandum of understanding and cooperation agreement with General Dynamics to produce armored vehicles in the country, Govnet reported Tuesday. The Romanian administration said in a government press release that the state-owned Mecanica Plant Bucharest will team up with General Dynamics to produce and deliver Piranha 5 vehicles for the […] More

  • P.O.C. FY18 Budgets & Procurement Recap: Keynote Speaker Alan B. Thomas speaks on the ABC’s of budget and procurement: Acquisition, Budget & Customers
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    P.O.C. FY18 Budgets & Procurement Recap: Keynote Speaker Alan B. Thomas speaks on the ABC’s of budget and procurement: Acquisition, Budget & Customers

    Alan Thomas: “Here at [GSA FAS]–We do work for customers, we’re always thinking about the customers, listening to what they have to say, anticipate what they might need and serve them the way that makes sense to us in covering our costs–This is one big thing I think about in what we can use to […] More

  • Strategy and Management Services to Aid Navy EOD Expeditionary Support Unit
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    Strategy and Management Services to Aid Navy EOD Expeditionary Support Unit

    Strategy and Management Services has landed a potential five-year contract to offer administrative, customer service and technical support services for the U.S. Navy‘s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit TWO. The company said Thursday it aims to aid EODESU TWO’s command and control missions which include the delivery of logistical services to EODGRU TWO, four EOD Mobile […] More

  • Northrop Secures Army ‘Spider’ Munition Controller Production Funds
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    Northrop Secures Army ‘Spider’ Munition Controller Production Funds

    Northrop Grumman has received a $13.4 million contract modification to fund the low-rate initial production of remote control units for the U.S. Army‘s Spider Increment IA  networked munition system. The Defense Department said Thursday Northrop’s systems business unit will perform work through Feb. 13, 2019, in Alabama and Florida. Spider Increment 1A will offer Army warfighters an updated control station for common munition […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes 2018 Solicitation for Light Ground Mobility Vehicle Platform
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    Report: Army Eyes 2018 Solicitation for Light Ground Mobility Vehicle Platform

    The U.S. Army looks to issue a request for proposals in 2018 to acquire a light ground mobility vehicle designed for transportation of infantry troops across future combat zones, Defense News reported Thursday. Col. Shane Fullmer, joint light tactical vehicles program manager at the Army, told reporters at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting […] More

  • KBR’s Energo to Conduct Guidance Study for BSEE
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    KBR’s Energo to Conduct Guidance Study for BSEE

    KBR‘s Energo subsidiary has received a contract from the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to conduct an integrity management guidance study on the Gulf of Mexico’s Tension Leg Platforms. KBR said Thursday the Gulf of Mexico’s TLPs are close to reaching their original life expectancy and require an integrity assessment on tendon performance. Energo will […] More

  • Progeny to Help DHS Create Mobile App Development Security Framework
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    Progeny to Help DHS Create Mobile App Development Security Framework

    Progeny Systems has received a $749,928 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to craft a framework to secure mobile application development and deployment processes. DHS said Wednesday Progeny will collaborate with Microsoft‘s Xamarin subsidiary to produce the framework for enterprise organizations to safeguard iOS, Windows and Android mobile applications. “This project will help […] More

  • Saab to Update Norway’s Air Surveillance Radars
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    Saab to Update Norway’s Air Surveillance Radars

    NATO has awarded Saab a contract of an undisclosed value to modernize three ground-based phased array radars that were built to help the Norwegian air force military detect aerial threats. Saab said Wednesday it will update software and replace obsolete hardware of SINDRE I air surveillance radars in Norway. SINDRE I is equipped with a programmable digital signal processor and radar […] More

  • FLIR to Supply Mini Aerial Reconnaissance Systems to Australian Army
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    FLIR to Supply Mini Aerial Reconnaissance Systems to Australian Army

    FLIR Systems has received a $6.8 million order to manufacture pocket-sized unmanned aerial vehicles in support of the Australian army’s surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The military branch ordered Flir’s Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems for full operational deployment at the platoon and troop levels, FLIR said Tuesday. The company previously supplied Black Hornet PRS to the Australian army […] More