The Pentagon has offered Turkey the opportunity to purchase the latest version of their Patriot air-defense missile as part of an arms package that will include up to 290 missiles including 72 PAC-3 models and communications gear. The package is valued at up to $7.8 billion. Congress has been notified …

What do two U.S. Air Force officers do upon retirement? If you're Phil Soucy and Tom McMahan, you start your own company. Combining their vast experience in stealth technology, low observables “” aircraft like the B-2 and F-117 “”  and systems engineering, the two launched Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., in …

Former Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne, has been appointed to the advisory board of Frederick, Maryland based, Widearea Systems. The firm is a provider of unified communications solutions and services. Wynne's previous experience includes seven years in the Air Force, where he was an assistant professor of …

After just seven more missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle will retire without a replacement.  Ex-Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, chair of the United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee review, has published his committee’s findings, and NASA’s budgetary future looks bleak. Augustine told PBS “the human space flight …

Former Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England has been chosen to join the CACI International Inc. board of directors. England has previously served at both the national and industry levels. During his almost four-year stint at DoD, he performed the duties of COO and worked to strengthen U.S. defenses against …

Strategic Enterprise Solutions (SE Solutions) announced the appointment of seven new executives and government officials  from the field of information technology to its Board of Advisors. The new appointments will aide SE Solutions with its expansion in the government sector. The additions to the technology and security government contracting company …

Here’s a re-cap of a few executive transitions since early June: Larry Prior moved to ManTech, Walt Havenstein moved to SAIC, and Tony Zinni moved to BAE.  In his first interview since taking office, Larry Prior talked about his top priorities and how he’s furthering ManTech’s position as an ‘essential partner’ …

We sat down with Jeff White, co-founder and president of mySBX, recently and spoke with him about his business model, and how to emulate mySBX’s paradigm of rapid growth.  His advice: work on your business, not in it. GovConExecutive:  What exactly is mySBX? Jeff White:  Originally mySBX stood for my …

Vangent, Inc. announced that it will provide the information resource website and calling center for the 2010 Census in Sandy, Utah. The call center will hire about 1,200 temporary employees to answer citizen questions when filling out the 2010 Census.  Vangent, Inc. is part of the Decennial Response Integration System (DRIS) …

Change of administration is always a challenging time for government contracting as the markets realign in anticipation of where spending will flow and how to best position for the upcoming priorities. The Obama administration change is no exception with Military shifting from hard resources to soft, traditional defense firms shifting …

 “We’re hiring as fast as we can. The past six months have been the peak for us”, said the CEO of Platinum solutions Laila Rossi; not something you would expect to hear given the current global recession. Yet according to the Washington Post  the most expanding industry is the information technology industry due to the steady pace …

Gerry Connolly (D) is the freshman Congressman from Virginia’s 11th District, including parts of Fairfax and Prince William Counties.  He replaced Tom Davis (R) after Tom’s retirement last year, and has some big shoes to fill as an advocate for the GovCon community.  Here are some highlights from our interview: I …

Over the years, I’ve noticed an interesting trend: Many executives in leadership positions also served in the U.S. Navy. That little tidbit comes up so often, it’s led us to wonder if there’s something in the water. So, what’s the link between Navy service and being a successful leader in …

Lockheed Martin's subcontracting partner, CSC will be operating the new U.S. Census Bureau office in Baltimore County, Maryland. The facility is a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau and Lockheed Martin to prepare data processing for the 2010 census. CSC will be in charge of hiring more than 2,500 employees …

Responding to recent budget changes from the new administration, government contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are increasingly diversifying their national defense strategy to include civillian and business assets. The new administration’s defense budget includes major cuts to Missile Defense, Future Combat Systems and Navy shipbuilding operations, as well as killing controversial programs …