https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWR1KqeZBoY&t=7s The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Design and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. The developmental flight test program has conducted more than 9,200 sorties, accumulated over 17,000 flight hours, and executed more than 65,000 test points to v...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2018 ” Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has received the 2018 Edison Achievement Award for her contributions to the technology field through her professional career, achievements and leadership, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Lockheed said Thursday the Edison Awards S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2018 ” Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) HorizonX Ventures division has invested in Reaction Engines in an effort to help the latter develop a hypersonic propulsion technology aimed at enhancing the next generation of hypersonic flight and space access vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. HorizonX Ventures par...
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Google are emerging as potential main contenders for the Defense Department‘s planned 10-year, $10 billion cloud procurement contract, Defense One reported Thursday. The report said DoD could issue a request for proposals its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud progra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2018 ” The International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission has given Alexandria, Virginia-based Technical and Project Engineering certification for its cybersecurity practices, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The ISO/IEC 27013:2015 certification builds on TAPE™...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 3, 2018 ” George Krivo, CEO of DynCorp International, has said the company is seeing opportunity for continued top- and bottom-line growth amid the current fiscal environment and the “attractiveness” of the company’s core logistics and aviation markets. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Ma...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International‘s flagship program to support the F-35 Joint Program Office is a finalist for the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum’s “Government Project of the Year” award for 2018, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. “This is a signi...
Sean Palleschi, formerly associate finance director of aerostructures division at United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) aerospace systems business, has joined Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense segment as vice president of financial operations and controller. Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statement publishe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegtBD261Pc Task Force Southwest has been advising at the brigade level to enhance effectiveness of enabled Afghan National Defense (ANDSF) and Security Forces operations, which are continually working to increase the stability for the local populace while persistently battling the enemy with the support of TFSW. (U.S...
Jim Garrettson, president and CEO of Executive Mosaic, a leading media and events hosting company in the government contracting market, on Tuesday presented Terry Hagen, president of Jacobs™ aerospace & technology division, with his 2018 Wash 100 award. The Wash100, now in its fifth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful...
