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...
United Technologies Corp.˜s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a three-year, $339.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide initial spares for the F-35 propulsion system. The Defense Department said Friday Pratt & Whitney will supply initial spare modules, parts and engines in support of th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 29, 2017 ” Another batch of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) satellites has been launched Sunday to join a growing constellation that will work to provide L-band satellite broadband and aircraft surveillance and tracking services to customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Sunday the second bat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 28, 2017 ” Battelle will work to support the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in efforts to address sustainment challenges associated with military support technologies under a $20 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IO8hLan8oc Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks on the current state of Operation Inherent Resolve, the effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) could use SpaceX‘s pre-flown first-stage Falcon 9 rocket boosters to launch future Iridium Next satellites depending on the impact to cost, reliability and the schedule, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported June 20 that the company will...
