Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has appointed Mary Gendron to lead the company’s global information technology operations as its senior vice president and chief information officer. Gendron will report directly to George Davis, Qualcomm executive vice president and chief financial officer, the mobile technology services provider sa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) has inked a cooperative research and development agreement with Los Alamos National Laboratory to explore the potential of an energy-efficient storage tier for supercomputers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the research effort seeks to develop an a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is working with the U.S. and Indian governments to discuss the potential move of some F-16 aircraft production operations to India, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Hindu newspaper reported Monday the plan works to support the country’s recapitalization targe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) have unveiled separate cybersecurity initiatives that seek to address shortages in the workforce and information-sharing activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday Fortinet will open a Network Security Academy wh...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has awarded ASRC Federal for its work to support the Orion program with NASA, GovCon Executive reported March 15. ASRC Federal said March 9 it received the 2015 Rigel Award as Lockheed’s top small business partner for that year during which the companies worked to p...
Lee Shabe, formerly president and general manager at L-3 Communications™ (NYSE: LLL) national security solutions unit, has joined ViON as vice president of the cloud solutions program management office. Shabe will be responsible for pricing, program management and delivery of ViON™s cloud platforms and as-a-service offerings, ViON sai...
The U.S. Navy has selected five companies to provide teaching and research services and subject matter expertise in support of the Naval Postgraduate School™s educational programs under a potential $502.7 million contract. Creek Technologies, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Digital Consulting Services, DeVine Consulting and MAC Consulting Services...
Steven Omick, former president of Vencore‘s internal research-and-development organization, will serve as president and CEO of New York-based nonprofit scientific research services company Riverside Research starting March 28. He is a defense and intelligence technology research veteran with 28 years of experience a...
Oshkosh Defense has landed a $243.8 million U.S. Army contract modification to deliver a set of light tactical vehicles and trailers as well as provide system engineering, program management and test support. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract requires 657 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, 25 trailers, 2, 977 kits, 175 test...
Finmeccanica has received a potential $335 million contract from Italy’s ministry of defense for the addition of nine Aermacchi M-346 aircraft to be operated by that country’s air force. With the contract, Italy increased its order of M-346 aircraft to 18 with deliveries scheduled to start within this y...
