Stratolaunch, the world’s largest airplane, with a wingspan of 385 feet, a height of 50 feet and total possible weight of 1.3 million pounds, was quietly rolled out Wednesday in the California desert. The plane is meant to carry Pegasus XL rockets designed by Orbital ATK, a Dulles-based company, that would be tethered to the belly of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 ” IAP Worldwide Services will work to provide technology platforms and services to Defense Department customers under the potential $37.4 billion Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Friday its position as a Phase 1 awardee in the U.S. Army...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has hired 31-year nuclear industry veteran Jeff Kerridge as senior vice president of business development for the management services group’s nuclear and environment strategic business unit, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Kerridge brings experience from his previous work at CH2...
The U.S. military successfully launched its first-ever missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic (ICBM) missile. During the test, a Boeing-developed interceptor, carrying the Raytheon-built EKV, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, following the launch of an ICBM from Kwajalein Atoll, stated an Aeroje...
David Funk, former general counsel and director of contracts at information technology services contractor Govplace, has joined Hitachi Data Systems‘ federal government business as general counsel and corporate secretary. HDS said Wednesday Funk will report directly to President and CEO David Turner and be re...
Lockheed Martin Corp. ‘s (LMT) business unit, Aeronautics, won a $19.8 million contract modification for work on the F-35 aircraft memory system and panoramic cockpit display. This will help recover diminishing manufacturing sources projected under the 15th Lot production of the F-35 aircraft, reports Nasdaq.com. Forty percent of the con...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Jean-Charles Ledé to the list of panelists for the Unmanned Systems Forum. As the use of military UAVs and commercial drones become more ubiquitous, innovative new uses of the technology have emerged. Th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 30, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has provided the Space Inertial Reference Unit navigation platform that helped maneuver NASA‘s Cassini space vehicle through a 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings as part of its mission, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday&n...
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea has ordered a probe after he says four additional U.S. THAAD anti-missile system launchers were brought into the country and the Defense Ministry failed to inform him. Four additional launchers were installed without informing the new government or the public, presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan told...
Julie Bowen, a vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Mitre, has been promoted to senior VP at the nonprofit research and development company. Jason Providakes, president and CEO of Mitre, said Friday Bowen will oversee initiatives to expand outreach efforts, government relationships and strategic partnerships as well as e...
