IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced plans to buy Massachusetts-based incident response platforms provider Resilient Systems for an undisclosed sum in an effort to boost its incident response and security operations. IBM said Monday it plans to integrate Resilient Systems™ incident response tool with its security platforms such as IBM X-Force Exc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will offer its in-house managed cybersecurity services to the federal market, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Washington Business Journal reported Thursday Randy James, an executive at CSRA, noted that the framework is based on acquired cyber tools from third-party vendors. About&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) has helped the U.S. Army develop a universal communications encryptor for military devices to aid in the transmission of classified information, ExecutiveGov reported Friday. The Army reported Wednesday Engility and its partners worked with the Army Communications-Electronics...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has conducted a flight test of an RQ-4 Global Hawk equipped with the U.S. Air Force‘s SYERS-2 intelligence-gathering sensor, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it used a Universal Payload Adapter to mount the sensor onto the high-altitu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) executive has said the company will work to cover the production of F-35 aircraft through a potential international block buy in fiscal year 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Defense News reported Thursday Jeff Babione, Lockheed’s F-35 program manager, told report...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) will provide training and simulation technology and services to three international customers under separate contracts worth $59.2 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the contracts from the U.S. Air Force, NATO Support and Procurement Agency and the Public...
The U.S. Army has awarded nine companies a $147.8 million contract to overhaul and repair the service™s vessels located in the U.S. east coast. GMD Shipyard, Colonna’s Ship Yard, Tecnico, Yank Marine, Metal Trades, Detyens Shipyards, Lyon Shipyard, Davis Boat Works and East Coast Repair & Fabrication will perform work through Feb. 26,...
The U.S. Army has awarded three companies spots on a potential 10-year, $12.7 billion contract to provide tactical radio systems, accessories and support services. The Defense Department said Friday that General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Harris (NYSE: HRS) and Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) will compete for task orders under the Army’s Hand...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Ellwood National Forge have won a $682.9 million contract with the U.S. Army to produce BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and parts for Turkey under a foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Department said Friday the companies will manufacture the bomb bodies and components through Dec. 31, 2020. The BLU-109 ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has secured a potential one-year, $205.1 million contract modification to perform planning work in support of the refueling and complex overhaul program for the U.S. Navy™s USS George Washington aircraft carrier. The modification also covers design, engineering, ship checks, documentation and ...
