United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $2 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce the 11th batch of F135 engines for all three variants of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Pratt & Whitney said Thursday it will build...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvO0sVDyaRw Cyber attacks present a clear challenge to our security, societies and economies. NATO has a defensive mandate and is taking a serious, responsible and measured approach to cyber defence....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 29, 2018 ” The International Maritime Organization™s maritime safety committee has cleared Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) to provide mobile satellite services in support of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System, ExecutiveBiz reported May 22. Iridium said May 21 it intends to enter a public services a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has said public and private sector collaboration is critical in solving the current space debris problem that threatens U.S. economic and national security, ExecutiveBiz reported May 14. Desch wrote in a USA Today opinion piece published May 14 ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izTWWv9oHuw Littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) fires an AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missile at a small fast-attack target vehicle and scores a direct hit. The Milwaukee fired four Longbow Hellfire missiles that successfully struck fast-attack targets during a live-fire missile exercise off the coast of Virginia ...
Kevin Corbett, director of federal sales at CyberArk (Nasdaq: CYBR), has said government agencies seeking to protect data and information systems from cyber threat actors should work to reduce the attack surface by putting a limit on the number of privileged accounts. Corbett wrote that threat actors use privileged accounts to wreak ...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Secretary of Defense James Mattis as the 2018 GovCon Wire Reader’s Choice Award winner, chosen among the prestigious 2018 Wash100 inductees through popular vote, having garnered 1,007 votes out of a total 24,131 cast. Voting closed Monday, April 30th at midnight. The Wash100, now in i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has expressed confidence in the company’s broadband services portfolio amid the prevalence of low-Earth orbit satellites in space, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Desch, a 2018 Wash100 inductee, said in an earnings call that Iridium’s upcoming “...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2018 ” BAE Systems is helping develop a platform to analyze and share mission-planning and force-tracking data between manned and unmanned aerial systems as part of a program with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Air Force Research Laboratory, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. C4ISRNet reported Friday...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOogDbHeofg Born a Black Hawk, the Firehawk® helicopter relies on its proven military design to endure the unrelenting physical stresses demanded of the aerial firefighting and utility missions. The Firehawk® takes on its unique mission set with the following modifications: a single pilot operated cockpit, a m...
