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John Dorman Assumes CIO, Health IT VP Post at ManTech

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 14, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Monday on John Dorman joining ManTech International as federal health information technology vice president and chief information officer. Dorman is a 30-year IT veteran who most recently served the role of VP for defense health services at Acentia. He also previously held leadership roles at Planned Systems International...

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Boeing Insitu Integrates Motion Imagery Technology With 2d3 Sensing Acquisition

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 13, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Friday on Boeing’s acquisition of OMG motion imagery software arm 2d3 Sensing for an undisclosed amount. 2d3’s full motion video processing platform is integrated on the ScanEagle and Integrator drones built by Boeing’s Insitu business, and the purchase will allow the company to insert the technology into more of its...

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DRS Lands Orders for Surveillance Suite, Submarine Combat Systems

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 10, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on DRS Technologies winning three new orders to provide surveillance and submarine electronic equipment to assist in U.S. and Canadian armed forces modernization efforts. The Finmeccanica company said Wednesday one of the deals is an eight-year contract from General Dynamics to produce long-range surveillance...

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Gene Colabatistto: CAE Nets $176M Worth of Contracts in Q4 2014

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 10, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — CAE recorded $176 million worth of flight simulator and training support contracts in its fourth quarter of 2014, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. CAE said Wednesday the deals include training systems deliveries to the U.S., Australian and Italian air force, and equipment upgrades, support services and several contract modifications for the...

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Richard Montoni: Acentia Buy Adds Growth Platforms for Maximus’ Fed Portfolio

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 8, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Tuesday on Maximus completing its all-cash purchase of information technology services provider Acentia on April 1. The company said Monday it will detail updates to its earnings guidance in light of the $300 million acquisition and present them at its quarterly report on May 7. “The acquired client relationships and...

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General Dynamics Secures $610M Construction Funds for DDG 122 Destroyer

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 6, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $610 million in construction funds for the Arleigh Burke-class DDG 122 destroyer, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. Fred Harris, president of Bath Iron Works, said the funding award represents an appreciation of the company’s participation in the military service’s shipbuilding platforms....

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Austal, Lockheed Receive Additional Littoral Ship Contracts

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 6, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on Austal USA and Lockheed Martin receiving contract modifications for each to build two more littoral combat ships for the U.S. Navy. The award includes $691 million for a pair of Austal warships and $362 million for one Lockheed LCS, USNI News reported Wednesday. The report said the Navy also awarded $79 million...

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USCG Commissions HII for 8th Legend-Class National Security Cutter

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 6, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Thursday on Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) $500 million contract award to build an eighth installment of Legend-class national security cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard. HII said March 31 that HII subsidiary Ingalls Shipbuilding is set to deliver the vessel, dubbed Midgett (WMSL 757), in 2019. “Serial...

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Ken Asbury: LTC Adds to CACI Communications, Security Portfolio

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 6, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovCon Wire reported Thursday CACI International’s acquisition of LTC Engineering Associates, a move CACI President Ken Asbury said is targeted to build the company’s C4ISR portfolio. “The LTC transaction is a perfect follow-on and synergistic to our Six3 acquisition in November 2013, adding innovative and complementary security and...

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Bill Ballhaus: SRA Seeks to Build Health IT, Homeland Security Business with Qbase Buy

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 2, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — SRA International is set to purchase Qbase’s government services division in a move intended to build its health IT and homeland security portfolios, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. SRA President and CEO Bill Ballhaus said Tuesday the expanded customer base and combined service experience will also help SRA's push in the law enforcement...

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Air Force Contracts Lockheed Sniper Targeting Pods Under FMS Deal

TYSONS CORNER, VA March 31, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has secured a foreign military sales contract for its Sniper advanced targeting pods through the U.S. Air Force, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The two-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes initial spares, 1K FLIRs and two-way data links provisioning, for a total amount of $485...

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Mark Gray: ASRC Federal Seeks to Build Services with New CFO Gordon Foster

TYSONS CORNER, VA March 30, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — GovConWire reported Friday on Gordon Foster, former chief financial officer and business management director at Northrop Grumman, joining ASRC Federal as its new CFO. ASRC Federal said Thursday the 18-year finance and business strategy veteran will lead its operations in corporate accounting and compliance, financial planning, program...

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