AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) management services group has landed a potential seven-year, $961 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain and operate remotely piloted aircraft. The company said Tuesday it will provide organizational-level maintenance services for MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-4 Global Hawk systems, as well as support...
Kevin Stein, president and chief operating officer at TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) since 2016, has been elected by the company’s board of directors to serve as president and CEO. TransDigm said Monday Stein will also join the board and oversee operational and financial aspects of the Cleveland-based aircraft components maker in his ne...
John Walsh, formerly vice president of homeland security programs at CSRA, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as senior VP and general manager of the information technology solutions market segment. He will succeed the retiring Dan Harris and report directly to Nazzic Keene, chief operating officer at SAIC, the com...
Rick Howard, chief security officer at Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), has said agencies that aim to develop and implement strategies to safeguard information technology systems from cyber threats should adopt DevOps. Howard wrote that DevOps™ link to automation and cloud technology has implications for agencies™ adaptive cybersecurity st...
Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has been named a governance fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors. CACI said Monday NACD™s Fellowship initiative serves as the organization™s highest credential for governance professionals and corporate directors and aims to h...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyk1-3L5icI U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 conduct egress training at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Feb. 24, 2018. The training was designed to teach the Marines proper procedures to follow if their aircraft crashes in hostile territory. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCODOp5hUrI Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion train side by side with Japan Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers during Exercise Iron Fist 2018....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2018 ” Ed Sheehan Jr., president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has received the Patriot Award under the Defense Department‘s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Kevin Hillegas, a CTC employee and Army National Guard member, nominated Sheehan for ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2018 ” A team comprised of Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) Radiant Solutions business and partners CosmiQ Works and NVIDIA has received an award from the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation for the company’s work in GEOINT, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Radiant said Tuesday th...
A new PwC report says the value of global mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense sector hit $15 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, reflecting a 28 percent increase over the previous quarter and a 19 percent rise from the same period last year. PwC reported that global A&D companies posted 86 M&A...
