TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2016 — Thales Alenia Space and Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) have completed construction on 81 communications satellites for Iridium Communications‘ (Nasdaq: IRDM) Iridium NEXT mobile communications network, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Spaceflight Now reported July 13 that the satell...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 18, 2016 ” Battelle has partnered with the Ohio Office of the Attorney General to test and implement DNA sequencing technology at the state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation laboratory to help solve missing persons cases, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Next Generati...
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded a $170 million contract to Battelle for the procurement of non-standard commercial vehicles and a $166 million contract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop a dry combat submersible system for USSOCOM. Battelle will configure trucks and sport utility vehicles for the ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary have received contracts from the U.S. Navy for lot 10 low-rate initial production of F-35 Lightning II aircraft and its F135 propulsion system. Pratt & Whitney secured a potential three-year, $1.5 billion contract modif...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index received a modest boost Tuesday from attempts by U.S. and global equity markets to shake off a two-day rout spurred by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union with help from strong activity in McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON). The GovCon Index gained 0.7...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 28, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been featured in LinkedIn‘s first-ever listing of the top 40 companies that attract professional talent, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday it was ranked 36th in the “Top Attractors” list for 2016 based on an analysis of LinkedIn user...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 17, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has scheduled the launch of the first batch of Iridium NEXT satellites on September 12 following completion of assembly, integration and testing activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday contractors Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) and Thales Alenia Space...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will launch the Certus satellite communications service to the government and commercial markets in the second quarter of 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Iridium NEXT-powered offering will work to provide broadband services with connection speeds of up t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 8, 2016 ” A Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Battelle joint venture received the first task order under the U.S. Army‘s $122.5 million multi-award contract for support to the National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. CTC said Thursday their Nationa...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Battelle‘s nonprofit arm an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of $99 million to provide environmental security technology support to various local and international Navy and U.S. Marine Corps installations. Battelle Memorial Institute will conduct technology implement...
