https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyAvlWIRKg Newport News Shipbuilding recently lifted the forward section of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) into place. The 806-metric ton superlift consisted of 17 individual units and signified 70 percent structural completion for CVN 79. Read the news release: http://ow.ly/ue6m30iyuzR...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTREaN6xwc Twelve U.S. Army Soldiers share tactics and training with a little over 200 Nigerian Army Soldiers from 26th Infantry Battalion in a remote military compound four hours north of the capital in Jaji. The seven- week training includes reacting to an IED and ambush, securing an objective, operations planning,...
Michael Smith, formerly executive vice president for strategy and development at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), has been named president of HII™s SN3 business. He will directly report to Michael Lempke, president of the company™s nuclear and environmental group, HII said Wednesday. HII™s strategy and develop...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) posted $1.72 billion in revenue for the full fiscal year 2017 that ended Dec. 31, up from $1.6 billion in FY 2016. ManTech said Wednesday it recorded $98.2 million in FY 2017 operating income, which reflects an 8 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The company attributed the revenue growth to...
John Jumper, former chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), is due to retire from the company’s board of directors at the end of his term. Leidos said Wednesday it has launched a search for Jumper’s successor on the seat that he will vacate after his departure from the board. He joined the company in March 2012...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtxIhjKczz4 On Feb. 16, Norway completed a successful test of the F-35 drag chute system at Ørland Air Force Base. The drag chute ” unique to the Norwegian aircraft ” is designed and form fitted to maintain stealth characteristics. The system is housed under a small fairing on the upper rear fus...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 21, 2018 ” Stuart Dyer, business development manager at CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE), has said data center services continue to be in demand in northern Virginia as the company sees its data center campuses fully leased ahead of schedule, ExecutiveBiz reported. “We™re working on our third campus, and it™s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 21, 2018 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received recognition for its diversity and inclusion programs as part of Forbes’ inaugural Best Employers for Diversity list, which covers the top 250 qualified companies across all sectors in the U.S., GovCon Executive reported. The company said it ranked No. 159 based ...
The State Department has approved the Dutch government™s request to procure from the U.S. government equipment and services to support upgrades to AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters under a potential $1.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as principal con...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYwG6M5raXc Military Working Dogs are a vital part of today’s fighting force. With built-in radar, they are able to smell out trouble that no human or man-made device can. K-9 teams in the Army provide a variety of support, from patrol work around base to searches during health-and-welfare inspections and sweeps...
