TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) is working to accelerate its effort to build the 11th and 12th Wideband Global Satcom satellites using the $600 million that Congress allotted for the program in the 2018 Defense Department budget, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Space News reported Wednesday that Rico Attanasio, d...
Sallyport Global Holdings announced Friday that Brigadier General (Ret.) Steven Anderson has been named as chief growth officer. The move, which takes effect Monday, April 23rd, will see Anderson in charge of the Reston, Va., company™s global mission support and security and risk management operations. œGeneral Anderson has distinguished h...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2018 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has joined a one-year program under the Virginia Economic Development Partnership that seeks to identify business opportunities in the global market for local aerospace and defense companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said VEDP...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has assumed control of a joint venture with U.K.-based construction and facilities management provider Carillion after the latter announced insolvency in January. KBR said Thursday that it closed the acquisition of Carillion™s interest in their Aspire Defence joint venture without causing disruption to operations ...
TYSONS CORNER, Va., April 20, 2018 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has completed the lineup of keynote speakers for the 5th Annual Cybersecurity Summit, which will be held on April 24th at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner at 1700 Tysons Blvd, McLean, VA. The keynote speakers are: Ron Pontius (DoD...
Jim Garrettson, president and chief executive officer of Executive Mosaic, a leading media and events hosting company in the government contracting market, on Wednesday presented Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology, with his 2018 Wash 100 award. The Wash100, now in its fifth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful e...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2018 ” Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has said the company is working to expand its core market offerings in aerospace, cyber, defense healthcare and homeland security as well as developing new tools and processes in support of Foreign Military Sales case execution. He ...
Nelson Pedreiro, formerly chief engineer for strategic and missile defense systems at Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) space systems business, has been named head of the company™s Palo Alto, California-based advanced technology center, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. He will succeed Scott Fouse in the role and lead approximately 600 technician...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2018 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government has said the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018 works to recognize the role of the commercial satellite communications industry in national security efforts, ExecutiveBiz report...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2018 ” Mike Kahn, defense group president at Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), has said the company has expanded weapons facilities to support readiness for the anticipated rise in the demand for munitions and missiles from the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company has also hired 1,000 addition...
