Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal business unit, will serve as secretary of the Professional Services Council’s board of directors and continue as member of the council’s executive committee for another term. Parsons said Wednesday Smith, who joined the PSC executive committee and board in 2015, has provided leadership on government services industry issues such as agile […] More

Parsons‘ Secure Mission Solutions subsidiary has secured a five-year task order from the General Services Administration to provide support services for the U.S. Cyber Command. Parsons said Wednesday it will help USCYBERCOM address its capability development group’s requirements through research and development, engineering, test and evaluation, information technology and professional services. “This award continues our longstanding support of USCYBERCOM’s mission […] More

Parsons has won two 2016 Small Business Industry Awards from NASA in recognition of its efforts to support small businesses through the Facility Construction, Engineering, and Technical Services contract with the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The company received the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year and the Mentor-Protege Agreement of the Year Award […] More

Honeywell and Inmarsat have forged a partnership to provide satellite communications offerings intended to help military users connect anywhere in the world. Inmarsat combines its Global Xpress SATCOM as a service in-flight broadband service with Honeywell’s JetWave satellite communications hardware in efforts to provide high-bandwidth connectivity for military customers, Honeywell said Monday. Carey Smith, president of […] More

Honeywell and Israel Aerospace Industries have forged a partnership to develop a sensor system for IAI’s Heron unmanned aircraft systems product line with funds from the Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation. The sense-and-avoid technology will utilize Honeywell’s software, algorithms, hardware and inputs from various sensors contained in a line-replaceable unit to help track nearby aircraft and avoid collision […] More

Honeywell has been awarded a $41 million contract to build radar altimeters for installation in the U.S. Army’s helicopter platforms. The APN-209 radar altimeter works to indicate the altitude between the nearest terrain point and the aircraft, Honeywell said Wednesday. “Since 1975, Honeywell’s radar altimeters have helped keep Army helicopters safe in multiple theaters of combat, […] More

A Russian ransomware group called Clop gained access to data of the Department of Energy and other federal agencies, corporations and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in file transfer software MOVEit, The New York Times reported Thursday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, described the cyberattack as “opportunistic” and noted that […] More

Executive Mosaic, the premier media and events organization in the government contracting sector, is honored to announce the 2024 edition of the highly anticipated Wash100 Award. Now in its historic 11th year, the Wash100 Award recognizes the top 100 industry executives and government leaders in the GovCon community for their outstanding leadership, positive impact and […] More

Finances play an indispensable role in the operations of corporations, regardless of their size. Key financial metrics such as revenue, net profit, net loss, accounting, planning, and reporting are vital for companies to sustain operations, allocate funds across various portfolios, forecast future expenditures, and mitigate potential losses and risks. Leading the charge in these responsibilities […] More

Several Virginia-based defense, aerospace and government services companies landed spots on the 2023 Fortune 1000 list, which ranks the 1,000 largest U.S. public and private corporations by total revenue, Virginia Business reported Monday. Boeing and Raytheon Technologies, previously based in Chicago and Massachusetts, respectively, relocated their headquarters to Arlington County in 2022. New to the […] More

Three major GovCon sector figures and Wash100 Award winners presented to a packed conference room at Washington Nationals Park in the highlight event of the 2022 Defense and Government Conference hosted by Raymond James.  Mergers and acquisitions were a key topic during the lively discussion between John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI, John Heller, CEO of Amentum, and Carey […] More

Stu Kippelman, chief information officer of Parsons, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss growth strategy with the company to drive customer tech capabilities in the defense, intelligence and critical infrastructures areas. In addition, Kippleman also discussed the innovation and drive for smart cities, interactive AI, data mining and […] More