Cobham Semiconductor Solutions in Plainview, N.Y. will be the sole-source contract for radiation-tolerant analog multiplexers that will assist NASA researchers with a variety of space applications. The value of the contract has not yet been negotiated. Cobham will produce flight Aeroflex multiplexers, part numbers 8511-201-1S and 8512-201-1S. “...
Jerald Howe Jr., formerly a partner at law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, will join Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as executive vice president and general counsel. The more than 30-year industry veteran will succeed Vincent Maffeo, who will continue to support Leidos as a consultant after he retires July 15, the com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2017 ” Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC‘s federal business unit, has said some government agencies consider engineering and microservices as key factors in their transition from legacy to hybrid cloud information technology systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Chehreh, who also serves as a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2017 ” Carl De Groote, senior director for Defense Department programs at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has said the company is working to help DoD transition the Joint Regional Security Stacks to the cloud and update other information technology infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Defense Sys...
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday in a tweet that he will nominate former assistant U.S. attorney general Christopher Wray to head up the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.) “I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow,” Trump wrote in th...
John Temple, formerly vice president of contracts and supply chain management for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, has been appointed VP of strategic sourcing at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division. HII said Tuesday he will oversee the division’s sourcing and procurement...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP) has entered into a strategic partnership with CounterTack to integrate technologies and develop an endpoint security tool for the government and commercial sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. CounterTack said Wednesday its Endpoint Threat Platform will ut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) mission solutions organization is working to expand its GATR Technologies satellite communications business with the construction of a 63,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the future facility serves to consol...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” A Concurrent Technologies Corp. joint venture with the University of Dayton Research Institute will install, monitor and record energy management measures at U.S. Air Force installations under a $2.4 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday E2 Technologies&...
The Department of Defense has made œa huge leap forward in unmanned systems in five years, said Dyke Weatherington, currently performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD) (AT&L.) Speaking at the Potomac Officers Club Tu...
