TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2018 ” The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a $33.7 million contract modification for scientific and technical services in support of a program aimed at countering biological threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The modification exercises the first option period of a previously awarde...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2018 ” General Atomics™ aeronautical systems business has begun the three-week public demonstration of its Guardian remotely piloted aircraft in Nagasaki, Japan, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the demonstration of the Guardian RPA, which is designed to gather data to help develop guid...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2018 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received approval from the Justice Department to sell Level 3 Communications assets in the Tucson, Ariz., area to Utah-based FirstDigital Telecom, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The telecommunications company said Monday it will divest fiber network platforms as part of an agreement ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will utilize a software platform provided by Israel-based Assembrix that will work to secure intellectual property the U.S. company shares with vendors as part of design and additive manufacturing operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The memorandum of agreement between the comp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2018 ” Mitre has partnered with ForeFlight to test a new mobile technology designed to simplify the delivery process of clearances for instrument flight rules, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ForeFlight said Thursday its customers are invited to participate in the test, which aims to support Mitre™s research o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2018 ” The Transportation Department has selected AT&T (NYSE: T) to provide long-term evolution network coverage for a pilot program designed to test unmanned aerial vehicles as part of government efforts to integrate UAVs into the national airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. DOT™s Unmanned Aircraft ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2018 ” Hughes Network Systems will build a Flexible Modem Interface prototype that will enable interoperability between military and commercial systems as part of a follow-on contract under a Defense Department pilot study, ExecutiveBiz reported May 8. The company said May 7 the contract cover...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has marked the beginning of construction on a future California facility designed to house a testbed aircraft based on Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) 727 airplane, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The hangar at Ontario International Airport is anticipated to be complete by the end of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with King’s Academy in Jordan to sponsor a robotics laboratory at the nonprofit school in an effort to support science, technology, engineering and math education, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. TradeArabia reported Saturday that the opening of the Lockhe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 14, 2018 ” An Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform will be used by CIA to perform open-source intelligence and big data experiments in partnership with industry experts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The agency aims to partner with companies for the five-year Mesa Verde project that will use the C2S unclassified cloud...
