Despite automatic budget cuts and belt tightening in the federal government, GovCon firms were very busy in the past month opening new offices and headquarters. As an example of this wave of expansion, The Boeing Company opened a 363,000 square-foot facility in Huntsville, Ala. that will be home to 1,400 employees. The company said the new […] More

Paul Dillahay serves as president and CEO of ASRC Federal, having been promoted to this position nearly two years after joining the company as chief operating officer. As COO, he held principal responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the company’s subsidiaries and its shared services center. Subsidiaries work with the center to implement business practices […] More

Harris Corp. will continue to support the U.S. Air Force Space Command“™s 50th Space Wing mission through the Network and Space Operations and Maintenance contract. According to a company statement, this one-year $66 million award exercises the fifth option under the NSOM contract initially awarded in 2008, bringing the program“™s overall value to $351 million. […] More

Gary Newgaard serves as vice president of federal sales at Pixia Corp., a Reston, Va.-based data technology provider. The two-decade veteran joined the company in summer 2013 after leading federal sales at Isilon, a division of EMC. Prior to joining Isilon, Newgaard held senior positions at ASRC Management, Paragon Systems, and Compaq/HP, where Newgaard grew the federal business […] More

Wyle has won a contract perform research and development work for the U.S. Coast Guard’s command and control systems. Under a $1.5 million contract, the company said it will provide engineering and technical research, development and analysis for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance combat systems. Through a previous contract, the company provided […] More

ARINC has developed iPad application that will provide military pilots with electronic versions of navigation charts and other printed manuals, the company announced Thursday. AEROMilBag took two years to develop and the company is preparing the app for operational trials, certification and accreditation. Deployment could occur by January 2013, according to Rob Simm, a program […] More

Timothy Caswell is president of Mission Solutions Engineering, a ASRC Federal company. He leads more than 600 employees who provide full systems and software engineering services to U.S. and allied government customers. Caswell previously served as vice president and general manager of Computer Sciences Corp.“™s air, missile and national defense business unit. The business provided […] More

Harris Corporation has been awarded the third option year of its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance program by the U.S. Air Force, valued at $64 million. Under this option, the firm will continue providing operations and maintenance support to the 50th Space Wing’s Air Force Satellite Control Network at locations around the world. In […] More