https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHBi2dAB4eE President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attend the commissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, July 22, 2017....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 24, 2017 ” Battelle has realigned the San Diego-based U.S. business of its SeeByte subsidiary under its direct management in efforts to drive greater collaboration with U.S. government clients on unmanned underwater systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The move also works to address concerns over foreign ownership...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Battelle will help train National Guard Bureau personnel on response operations for weapons of mass destruction and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats under a $13.8 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The nonprofit company said Wednesday the De...
Lou Von Thaer, who has been CEO of DynCorp International since July 2015, will join Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit research and development company Battelle as president and CEO on Oct. 1. He will succeed the retiring Jeff Wadsworth, who will continue to provide assistance during the transition period and perform consulting work on some project...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHbdBHWV8Q0 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Tunisian Prime Minster Youssef Chahed at the Pentagon, July 10, 2017, to discuss Tunisia™s resilience and the fight against terrorism....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WACyAEAeUZg The NATO battlegroup based in Latvia has held a capabilities demonstration. Each of the six enhanced Forward Presence nations took part. The battlegroup was properly stood up at the end of last month. It™s led by Canada and includes soldiers from Albania, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Spain. Three other...
Editor’s Note 7/13/17: The Defense Department said the contract for Pratt and Whitney was mistakenly announced on July 11 and has not yet been awarded. The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and United Technologies Corp.‘s (NYSE: UTC) Pratt and Whitney subsidiary as additional awardees on a potential seven...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the Iridium Next constellation will work to support the “renovation” of air traffic control toward the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Next Generation Air Transportation System, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NASASp...
Paul Battaglia, vice president of government sales at BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), has said agencies should integrate mobility as part of the information technology strategy and one way to do it is through adoption of enterprise mobility management platforms. Battaglia wrote that EMM tools with containerized systems work to address issues related to devic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2017 ” Earl Matthews, vice president for U.S. public sector enterprise security solutions at DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), has urged government agencies to adopt a holistic cybersecurity strategy that focuses on priorities to address large-scale incidents such as the WannaCry attacks, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
