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...
Matt McQueen, previously a communications executive in charge of cyber branding at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Peraton as chief communications officer. McQueen will oversee strategy development and implementation of communications initiatives in the areas of media relations, employee engagement, branding and executive communications, Pe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2017 ” Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s (NYSE: DXC) enterprise security solutions group, said a civilian reserve cyber corps will work to help the government and Defense Department address the need for more cyber professionals to defend DoD and critical infrastructure network...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 4, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) anticipates the Dec. 22 launch of the next batch of Iridium NEXT satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket after SpaceX signaled the start of payload processing, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The fourth batch of 10 satellites will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base usi...
United Technologies‘ (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a $353.2 million modification under a U.S. Navy contract for logistics sustainment work on propulsion systems designed to power the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will support F-135 propulsion systems for F-35 jets of the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQmL-8Q0E18 Attorney General Sessions & Acting DEA Administrator Patterson Announce New Tools to Fight Opioid Crisis...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, has joined the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, GovCon Executive reported Nov. 8. The council said Nov. 7 Desch joins three other newly appointed board members, ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hde946tvmfY Defense Secretary Jim Mattis welcomes Georgian Defense Minister Levan Izoria, with a full honor cordon at the Pentagon, before discussing ongoing security matters, Nov. 13, 2017. For more on the Department of Defense, visit: http://www.defense.gov...
