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...
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 ...
