TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2018 ” Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) HorizonX ventures unit has placed an investment with California-based startup Cuberg for further development of the latter’s battery cell technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Cuberg designed the battery with a lithium metal anode, a high-voltage cathode and proprietar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWxJ3u9L7g Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and South Korean Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo met at U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu, Jan. 26, 2018. The secretary and the South Korean minister reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-South Korea alliance and the mission to maintain peace and stability on the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AEZpJHWg9Q Learn about the history behind Defense Secretary Jim Mattis™ call sign. For more on the Department of Defense, visit: http://www.defense.gov...
Matt Vaughan, formerly senior vice president within Leidos™ (NYSE: LDOS) health business, has been named president of the contract research organization at Battelle. He succeeds Steve Kelly, who retired Jan. 2 after a 25-year career at the Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit research and development company, Battelle said Tuesday. œMatt br...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a one-year, $172.7 million contract to manage the payload technology for the U.S. Air Force‘s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also support BACN payload equipment and services under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. USAF w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 10, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the Aireon system payload on the Iridium NEXT satellites is aimed to enable airlines to fly more direct routes as air traffic control is anticipated to cover the entire planet, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 27. He told CNBC in a report p...
Matt Wiles, formerly a senior vice president and managing director at Leidos™ (NYSE: LDOS) U.K. arm, has been promoted to CEO of the Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor™s U.K. business. Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, said in a statement published Thursday Wiles™ leadership and his rol...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G96P3NCe2I Veteran Harry Miller remembers how against all odds the 740th Tank Battalion stopped the 1st SS Panzer Division, the spearhead of Germany’s surprise Ardennes offensive. The 740th was billeted in the town of Neufchateau, Belgium, but had no tanks when they were asked to stop the German offensive. Memb...
Janus Global Operations, the world’s largest commercial munitions remediation company announced Monday that it has been acquired by an affiliate of DC Capital Partners Management, LP (“DC Capital”), a private equity investment firm based in Alexandria, VA. Thomas J. Campbell, Founder and Managing Partner of DC Capital and...
A United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) subsidiary has received a potential eight-year, $6.7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain F119 aircraft engines for the U.S. Air Force. Pratt and Whitney will perform contract work through December 2025 under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department...
