TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2018 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work to build a submarine-based acoustic device designed to counter torpedo threats, under a potential $36M contract from the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract for the development and testing of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2018 ” ECS will utilize search company Elastic’s open source and software-as-a-service platforms in an effort to supplement the information technology provider’s big data offerings, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The partnership aims to build on the data security, monitoring, reporting and machin...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) completed its $2.5B acquisition of Engility days after shareholders at both companies approved the merger deal at their respective meetings. SAIC said Monday the combined firm will continue to operate in Reston, Va., under the corporate name SAIC and leadership of CEO Tony Moraco. Moraco sai...
Daniel Jablonsky, formerly president of Maxar Technologies™ (NYSE: MAXR) DigitalGlobe subsidiary, has been named president and CEO of the parent company. Jablonsky succeeds Howard Lance, who has stepped down from his roles at Maxar, the company said Monday. œDan’s experience as president of DigitalGlobe, after previously serving...
Diane Bryant, a 32-year veteran of Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and former chief operating officer of Google‘s (Nasdaq: GOOGL) cloud business, has been appointed an independent director at Broadcom‘s (Nasdaq: AVGO) board of directors. Broadcom said Monday Bryant has more than three decades of leadership experience in the semiconductor, ente...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 14, 2018 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) has expanded the coverage area of its LTE services for first responders by more than 50K square miles in a move to bolster the FirstNet public safety communications network, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the additional LTE coverage develope...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 14, 2018 ” Phil Carrai, president of the Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) technology and training solutions division, has highlighted the growing importance of ground systems amid recent trends in the increasingly competitive satellite telecommunications industry, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has landed a spot on a potential $501M contract vehicle from the Department of Defense to support joint force development programs. The company said Friday it will compete for task orders to provide cybersecurity, planning, execution and analysis services for Joint Chi...
David Rowland, a 35-year Accenture (NYSE: ACN) veteran, has been appointed to serve as CEO of the global professional services contractor on an interim basis. He succeeds Pierre Nanterme, who resigned the post due to health issues and intends to support his successor in an advisory role, the company said Friday. Rowland became CFO in...
Robert Cleave, a 13-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and founder of satellite operator Xtar, has been named chief revenue officer of space launch company Vector. He will lead a line of business as well as budgeting, customer acquisition and partnership efforts in his new position, Vector said Thursday. The three-d...
