TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 31, 2016 ” BAE Systems has received a contract from General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary to manufacture payload module tubes for the U.S. Navy‘s Virginia-class Block V submarines, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Virginia Payload Module features four payload tubes that will wo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 31, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has unveiled its newly renovated systems modernization and sustainment facility in Indianapolis during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Thursday, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The renovation project gave the building a facelift and internal updates in an effort to support 250 new jobs, ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 31, 2016 ” Iridium (Nasdaq: IRDM) has entered into an agreement with Japan-based construction and mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu to integrate their asset tracking and monitoring service and vehicle monitoring technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Komatsu’s KOMTRAX system will use Iridium̵...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 31, 2016 ” Tony Frazier, senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), has said DigitalGlobe’s acquisition of geospatial information services contractor The Radiant Group serves to support the former’s services business expansion efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted a 1.039-percent or 0.830-point decline Friday to close at 79.036 and record its fifth consecutive weekly loss. Friday saw Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) as the GCI’s best net performer followed by L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), while ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index fell at least 1 percent for a second straight time Friday to post its fifth consecutive weekly loss after pharmaceutical services provider McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) issued a guidance cut due to nationwide drug pricing pressure on wholesalers. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 2-to-1 r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) Linux 7.1 has achieved the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system as part of the Operating System Protection Profile, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Common Criteria Certification validates the com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” MILCOM 2016 is set to feature retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Earl Matthews, vice president of enterprise security services within Hewlett Packard Enterprise™s U.S. public sector business, as a speaker, GovConExecutive said Thursday. Matthews will share his insight on modernization, operat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Andrew Merkle, formerly program area manager for research and exploratory development, as RED mission area executive, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The lab said Wednesday Merkle will be in charge of a team that performs research ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received full materiel release approval from the Joint Munitions Command for the company’s 60-millimeter M1061 mortar cartridge, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the approval serves to certify that the munition is safe, logistically suppo...
