Yesterday, James Clapper, tapped to be the next Director of National Intelligence, appeared before the Senate Selected Committee on Intelligence where he appeared to receive broad bi-partisan approval. Tapped in June for the position by President Barack Obama, Clapper has 46 years of intelligence experience. “When President Obama asked me to lead this organization he [...]
This week, TASC, BAE and Northrop Grumman each won contracts with the United States Air Force and Lockheed Martin won a deal for work on the F-35. SAIC won a deal with the DLA worth a quarter-billion dollars and Lockheed Martin won two from the Department of Defense. CSC won a contract with the National [...]
Boeing (NYSE: BA) started its tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Argon ST Inc. Yesterday, the company also announced its plans to acquire Narus, a cybersecurity firm based in Calif. Once the tender offer is completed, Argon ST shareholders will receive $34.50 in cash. The board of directors [...]
Douglas Charles, vice president of market development and sales officer for the Technology Services (TS) division in North America at Capgemini, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his goals for the future: “I’ll focus on the federal opportunities. What’s interesting with our federal business is for a number of years as we entered into it, we [...]
This week, Boeing announced its plans to acquire Argon ST and Narus. DynCorp’s acquistion by Cerberus went through and Deltek finalized an offer to acquire Maconomy A/C.
SAIC won a follow-on contract with the Air Force, ManTech and Lockheed Martin won contracts with the Navy, while SRA won a $6.6 bn contract. SAIC, Booz Allen and L-3 each won part of a Navy contract and Booz Allen and Wyle won contracts with the Air Force. SAIC won a half-billion dollar SPAWAR contract [...]
Xe Services, formally known as Blackwater, is looking for a buyer, according to recent news reports. The organization, which operated in Iraq and has contracts in Afghanistan, also has extensive training facilities in North Carolina as well as an expanding presence in Asian markets and manufacturing. “Xe’s new management team has made significant changes and [...]
This week, Vangent announced a partnership with Orion Health and Boeing agreed to a license with AgustaWestland for the presidential helicopter competition. Microsoft partnered with ElectionMall.com and Jacobs Engineering acquired acquire TechTeam Government Solutions, Inc.
Recently, Kathy Warden sat down with The New New Internet to discuss her role as ice president of Cyber and SIGINT Systems for Northrop Grumman. She also provided her opinion about the new U.S. Cyber Command: “I think it’s absolutely a step in the right direction to have a coordinating and unifying body across the [...]
Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQTD) has announced its plans to purchase Network International for $15 million. Liquidity Services will pay $7.5 million up front and will pay up to $7.5 million after 18 months following an evaluation of performance. “We believe that the acquisition of Network is an exciting vertical expansion of our marketplace and [...]
