Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed at an all-time high Wednesday for the second time in three sessions as U.S. stocks also extended their record-setting rally in their best one-day performance of 2017 so far with the S&P 500 composite index above 2,400 for the first time during intraday trade after President Donald Trump̵...
Thom Mason, director of the Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will step down from his position by July 1 after 10 years on the job to become senior vice president for laboratory operations at nonprofit research and development company Battelle. He will help govern each Battelle-managed laboratory, enga...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH8aBXu8lf0 Lockheed Martin is developing solutions that net together platforms, sensors, and weapon systems“extending operational capabilities that go far beyond the power and resiliency of any individual node. We synchronise air, space, electromagnetic and cyber domains, ultimately enabling a fully networked, j...
Photonics Media followed the photons all the way to San Francisco earlier this month for SPIE™s Photonics West 2017. The year truly begins with this event for many in the industry, as it is a symbol of optimism and excitement for the potential of photonics and light-based technologies....
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has secured a two-year, $189 million contract to build an integrated battle management system for the United Arab Emirates’ military. The contract was booked during the company’s fiscal 2017 first quarter under the Emirates Command and Control System Land Tactical System program that aims to integra...
Stavatti Aerospace has announced plans to offer its Javelin military jet trainer and very light fighter aircraft to the U.S. Air Force‘s $16.3 billion T-X trainer program. The company said Friday the Javelin platform, which was derived from the Aviation Technology Group-built Javelin Mk-30 civil jet sportplan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has closed a deal with SpaceX for the simultaneous launch of the former’s NEXT communications satellites and the NASA-GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences mission’s twin satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Five Iridium NEXT satel...
Matthew Bromberg, a 15-year veteran of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) and president of the commercial engines aftermarket business of its Pratt & Whitney subsidiary, has been appointed to serve as president of the subsidiary’s military engines unit by May. Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday that Bromberg will succeed th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3o, 2017 ” EaglePicher has been chosen by Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) to produce a battery system with GS Yuasa Lithium Power-manufactured lithium-ion cells for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System-2, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. EaglePicher said Thursday it ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEXpipsEOAs Defense Secretary James Mattis gives opening remarks during the Defense Department’s annual observance ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther King at the Pentagon, Jan. 25, 2017...
