TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems subsidiary has delivered 20 Infrasound Collection Element small sensors to the University of Alabama in Huntsville to aid the university’s early tornado detection research and real-time tornado tracking efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has provided an Apache Longbow Crew Trainer to South Korea as part of a $1.6 billion contract to supply 36 attack helicopters and support services to the country’s army, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Longbow Crew Trainer employs flight simulation techn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to update the ground control segment of the service branch’s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will provide a scalable cockpit architecture and&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress mobile broadband service will be available to global public sector customers via value-added reseller SpeedCast International, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. SpeedCast will support the deployment of the GX service alongside Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress maritime GX platform,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will assume responsibility for the work previously held by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) under the National Science Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NSF said Monday the transfer is part of Leidos’ merger with Lockheed’s information systems ...
The U.S. Navy has awarded five companies spots on a potential $155.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide a range of support services for the Joint Staff J6 Directorate’s C4/Cyber program. The Defense Department said Tuesday contractors will vie for analytical, engineering and program manageme...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower against across-the-board gains by U.S. stocks Tuesday as declines by large prime defense contractors weighed on the GCI. GovCon Index gainers edged laggers but only four of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed stocks closed green as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 23, 2016 ” Jason Kimrey, federal area director at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), has said the company seeks to actively engage with federal customers in the high-performance computing and cybersecurity technology areas, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “It is going to take targeted partnerships and collaboration with g...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 23, 2016 ” The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 to begin its mission to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu, Executive Gov reported Monday. NASA said Thursday OSIRIS-REx will...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 23, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has introduced its new battle management platform offering for defense customers at the U.S. Army‘s Cyber Quest event, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the Cyber and Electromagnetic Battle Management platform works to support the Ele...
