Monday, August 21, 2017
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Marjorie Censer is Inside Defense's editor. She previously worked at the Washington Post and its local business publication Capital Business, covering defense industry reshaping, the increased scrutiny of contractors following the Edward Snowden case and the challenges of canceling military programs. From 2007 to 2010, she was managing editor of Inside the Army. She also previously worked as defense editor at POLITICO and as a staff writer at the Carroll County Times and the Princeton Packet. A Fairfax native, she graduated from Princeton University.
703-562-8735Govini, a big data and analytics company that helps users make sense of public-sector data, has brought on a new chief executive and named several well-known defense and industry officials to its board as it seeks new customers.
CACI International said today sales in the company's most recent quarter reached $1.1 billion, up 2 percent from the same three-month period a year earlier.
President Trump today said he would disband his manufacturing council, which included several chief executives overseeing defense portfolios, following multiple resignations.
Huntington Ingalls has agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle allegations "it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in Pascagoula, [MS]," according to the Justice Department.
In a statement, the chief executive of the National Defense Industrial Association today praised President Trump's new effort to stem Chinese theft of U.S. intellectual property.
Contractors should start preparing now in case of a government shutdown, top Professional Services Council executives said this week.
In 2016, the Pentagon reviewed 12 of the roughly 380 defense-related mergers and acquisitions, according to a new report to Congress from the Defense Department's manufacturing and industrial base policy office.
Government contractor NCI said today an affiliate of private-equity firm H.I.G. Capital has completed its acquisition offer.
Raytheon said today its board of directors has elected Robert Work, the former deputy defense secretary, as a director, effective immediately.
As federal agencies prepare reports on their compliance with Buy American laws, contractors should be checking their own processes and documentation, according to one government contracting adviser.
Huntington Ingalls said last week it has entered into an agreement to sell its Avondale facility.
CSRA’s chief executive said this week he expects a busy September for contract awards.
Vectrus said this week sales in its most recent quarter hit $259 million, down from $308 million during the same three-month period a year earlier.
SparkCognition has named Wendy Anderson, a former Pentagon aide, general manager for defense and national security.
BWX Technologies, which builds the nuclear reactors used on Navy aircraft carriers and submarines, said this week sales in its most recent quarter reached $410 million, up about 2 percent from the same three-month period a year earlier.
A top Raytheon executive says the company is increasingly focused on making use of cutting-edge commercial technology.
Engility said today it has opened a new facility in Augusta, GA, to support work at nearby Ft. Gordon.
A Justice Department investigation of Booz Allen Hamilton is "more likely" to go on for "years, than months," the company’s chief executive said today.
Unisys said today it has elected Deborah Lee James, the former Air Force secretary, to its board of directors.
Aerojet Rocketdyne said this week sales in its most recent quarter reached nearly $460 million, up from $408 million during the same three-month period a year earlier.
