TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2016 ” General Atomics has worked with the U.S. Navy to test the company’s aircraft arrestment system on the Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The test at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst checked the functionality of the Advanced Arresting Gear t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2016 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will provide emergency communication services to the Department of Homeland Security under an $11.7 million award to exercise the second option year in a previously awarded contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday AT&T will support the Priority...
Michael Link, a former senior vice president from global marketing research firm Nielsen, has joined Bethesda, Maryland-based services contractor Abt Associates as president and CEO of its public policy research subsidiary Abt SRBI, the parent company said Monday. Silver Spring-headquartered Abt SRBI conducts opinion surveys and other...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a $170.2 million contract modification to produce and deliver additional AH-1Z aircraft to the government of Pakistan under the foreign military sales program. The company will build nine AH-1Z and nine auxiliary fuel kits under a contract with the U.S. Navy, the Defense Depart...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) executive has urged the U.S. Navy to proceed with the LX(R) dock-landing ship development program in fiscal 2018 rather than fiscal 2020, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Reuters reported Tuesday HII CEO Mike Petters said starting the progr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” An unmanned aerial vehicle built by Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary has flown in airspace that also accommodates manned aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The U.S. Marine Corps reported March 25 the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 flew an RQ-21A Blackjack in...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 4, 2016 — Steve Harris, Dell vice president and general manager for federal systems business, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his contributions to the federal information technology market. The Wash100 is th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” Fulcrum has gained position on five additional task areas in the National Institutes of Health‘s potential $20 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said March 28 it received a contract mod...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 4, 2016 — CEO Omar Balkissoon has been elected into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his vision in geospatial data analytics. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic™s o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and General Atomics will share a runway with the U.S. Air Force at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota to test new unmanned aerial vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Sen. John Hoeven’s office (R-N.D.) reported Wednesday the Air Force inked ...
