Stephen Oswald, former CEO of Capital Safety and a senior executive at United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will join electronic and structural systems company Ducommun (NYSE: DCO) as president and CEO on January 23. Ducommun said Thursday Oswald will take over the CEO role from Anthony Reardon, who will vacate his operational ...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has secured a potential five-year, $87 million task order to help the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division test and evaluate weapons and combat systems. The company said Friday it will provide comprehensive T&E services across the U.S. Navy‘s weapons and combat systems pro...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 6, 2017 ” The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BAE Systems a five-year, $49 million contract to build, implement and maintain security platforms to support information dissemination between government networks, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. BAE said Thursday the systems will work to securely transfer...
Ryan Elliott, formerly vice president of business development at BNL, has joined Comprehensive Health Services as VP of federal domestic programs at the Cape Canaveral, Florida-based workforce medical services contractor. CHS said Thursday he will report to Doug Magee, senior VP for business development, and oversee the...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL), then L-3 Communications, has wrapped up its purchase of Implant Sciences™ explosive trace detection business for $117.5 million cash through an asset purchase agreement. Michael Strianese, chairman and CEO of L3, said in a statement released Thursday the acquisition will help expand L3™s presence in nation...
On Jan. 4, NASA held a press briefing at the agency™s Johnson Space Center in Houston to preview a pair of planned spacewalks to perform a complex upgrade to the International Space Station™s power system. NASA™s Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson will conduct the spacewalk on Jan. 6. The second spacewalk, on Jan. 13, will...
Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has officially separated into two publicly traded companies, one focused on digital printing technology and the other selling business process services. The digital print technology company will carry the Xerox name while the business process service provider will operate independently as Conduent (NYS...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” Steve Grobman, Intel Security‘s chief technology officer, has said that retaliating against Russia’s alleged cyber hacking of the U.S. elections could escalate to war, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Obama administration’s response could range from additional economic sanction...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) will employ a backup communications interface for its delivery drones as a first line of defense against jamming, hacking and human attacks, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company plans to utilize a “mesh network” of multiple autonomous vehicles upon the compromise of a...
John Barter, chairman of the board of directors at DHI Group (NYSE: DHX), has been elected to join Engility‘s (NYSE: EGL) board as an independent director. Engility said Dec. 27 in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Barter will also serve on the audit committee of the board of the Chantilly, Virginia...
