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 ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” Tim Conway, public sector president for NTT Data (NYSE: NTT), has said the company’s advisory and application innovation services is complementary with Dell‘s cloud computing, business process outsourcing and technology portfolio, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Conway told ExecutiveBiz in an in...
Arlington Capital Partners has transformed the former defense and security segment of iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT) into a new company called Endeavor Robotics following the completion of the unit’s acquisition by the Washington-based investment company. iRobot first announced the $45 million deal early in February and sa...
AeroVironment‘s board of directors has chosen Chief Operating Officer and President Wahid Nawabi to succeed Tim Conver as CEO of the Simi Valley, California-based unmanned aircraft systems maker from May 2. Conver, who has led the company since 1992, will continue to serve as chairman of the board after he retires from the chief...
