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AECOM to deploy IFS software for supply chain management; John Vollmer comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 — AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has entered into a partnership with enterprise software company IFS to use the IFS Applications business process software suite in support of its supply chain, GovCon Wire reported April 4. The engineering firm said April 4 its management services group plans to use the application suite to build on its supply chain management efforts...

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ACT I taps Terri Thomas to head Proposal Development Center; Neil Albert comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 10, 2018 — Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has hired Terri Thomas, a proposal management professional and federal sector veteran, as director of the company's proposal development center, GovCon Wire reported March 29. ACT I said Thomas, a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals and Armed Forces Communications and Electronics...

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DSA Names CFO John Foley to Also Serve as President

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 9, 2018 — Data Systems Analysts has promoted current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer John Foley to take an additional role as president as part of a series of leadership appointments at the Pennsylvania-based technology and information management services company, GovCon Wire reported April 2. Paul Strasser, CEO of DSA subsidiary Project Performance Company, has...

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SAIC Secures Spot on NHLBI's $214M IT Support BPA; Bob Genter Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2018 — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a position on a potential five-year, $214 million blanket purchase agreement from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to deliver information technology services, GovCon Wire reported March 28. The company said March 27 the multiple-award BPA's work...

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EY Hires Army Vet Cleophus Thomas to Join Defense & National Security Segment; Mike Herrinton Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2018 — EY, part of Ernst & Young Global, has named Cleophus Thomas, a U.S. Army veteran and former official at the Joint Force Headquarters - Department of Defense Information Network, as a senior manager, GovCon Wire reported March 28. Thomas will be senior manager for EY's defense and national security segment within the government and public sector advisory...

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Leidos Picks Up $112M ARCENT Munitions Support Contract; Tim Reardon Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2018 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will support the storage, maintenance and distribution of U.S. Army ammunition stocks in Kuwait under a potential $112 million contract, GovCon Wire reported March 26. The company said March 26 the follow-on contract covers continued mission logistics services in support of U.S. Army Central's 1st Theater Sustainment Command. "We look...

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HII Appoints New Contracts & Pricing VP for Newport News Shipbuilding

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 3, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has named Christie Thomas, formerly corporate director of investor relations, to a new role at its Newport News Shipbuilding division as vice president of contracts and pricing, GovCon Wire reported Monday. HII said Friday Thomas succeeded Tom Johnston, whose retirement took effect Sunday, and will be in charge of...

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SAIC Lands Training Support Work Under $554M Army Contract; Jim Scanlon Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 2, 2018 — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide training support to the U.S. Army through its position on the service branch's potential $554 million Training Support Systems-Enterprise multi-award contract, GovCon Wire reported March 26. The company said March 23 it is one of seven awardees tasked to build integrated live, virtual,...

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General Dynamics to Work on Geospatial Data Standards, Systems for Army; Adam Rudo Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2018 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) joint venture will provide the U.S. Army technical support in the integration and synchronization of geospatial data standards and requirements as part of a previously awarded contract potentially worth $200 million, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The company said Friday General Dynamics One Source, a JV of General Dynamics'...

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Raytheon Moves Forward With Army Strategic Systems Sustainment Contract; Todd Probert Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 28, 2018 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been cleared to begin software sustainment and update work for the U.S. Army's strategic systems after the withdrawal of a protest to the potential $600 million contract Raytheon received in 2017, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will work with the Army over the next two months to discuss directions for software...

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IBM Center for The Business of Government Adds John Pereira as Intell Community Fellow

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 27, 2018 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) has named John Pereira, intelligence industry leader within the defense and intelligence segment of IBM Global Business Services' public sector practice, as an Intelligence Community Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government, GovCon Wire reported. The center said Pereira, a former CIA official, will provide thought leadership,...

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Peraton Adds Former Northrop VP Michael King as Chief Growth Officer

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 26, 2018 — Peraton has hired the former vice president of business development at Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) cyber and intelligence mission solutions unit as chief growth officer, GovCon Wire reported. Michael King will be in charge of business development and capture, mergers and acquisitions, customer engagement as well as strategic pricing and proposals, among...

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