TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit will provide extended dry-docking restricted availability work for the U.S. Navy‘s USS Higgins guided missile destroyer under a potential $89.1 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday Gene...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are among the companies that have been named to an advisory board for a new council co-led by Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and Presidential Adviser Ivanka Trump that focuses on the U.S. workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Bloomberg reported Thursd...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) served as a sponsor of the 7th Annual Open Source Summit organized by the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance to discuss the use of open source software in industry and government, ExecutiveBiz reported July 13. OSEHRA said July 11 the three-day event held this week s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” Mitre will deploy an open source tool to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of eight companies and subsequently release findings in October as part of an initiative by the nonprofit research organization, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday that Mitre will u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” Dave Wajsgras, president of the intelligence, information and services business at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), participated in a discussion with Virginia state officials earlier this month about cybersecurity and opportunities for training in the field, ExecutiveBiz reported July 13. The event, which was held at the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 ” Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense division is showcasing its air combat and live, virtual and constructive training technologies at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow that runs through July 22 in the U.K., ExecutiveBiz reported July 12. The company said July 12 the systems it currently has o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 ” The U.S. Navy has launched the Huntington Ingalls Industries-built (NYSE: HII) Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer designated DDG 121 at the company’s shipyard in Mississippi, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Ingalls Shipbuilding hosted the launch and “translation” from dry dock t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 ” A Raytheon-built (NYSE: RTN) radar and unmanned aircraft system designed to detect and counter adversary drones will be utilized by the U.S. Army in its battlefield operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its Coyote tube-launched UAS, which will be deployed bef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 ” ORock Technologies‘ cloud offering built on Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) OpenStack open source software platform has secured certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for deployment with a Defense Department agency, ExecutiveBiz reported July 12. “The ORockCloud bring...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with a joint venture between Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Thales to deliver command-and-control technology in support of NATO’s air and ballistic missile defense system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. ThalesRaytheonSystems will serve as system integrator and w...
