TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the operational assessment of the U.S. Navy‘s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the assessment includes flight tests for the UAS weapon system and moves the program closer to Milestone ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” BAE Systems and Mahindra have partnered to construct an assembly, integration and test facility in India for the British contractor’s M777 howitzers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. BAE Systems said Wednesday the partnership is in line with the Indian government’s planned purchase of ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will deploy its Windows 10 operating system across 4 million seats at the Defense Department after Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen‘s follow-up on a previous memo to standardize the OS across DoD, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Company officials said in separate posts Wedne...
Lloyd Howell Jr., executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and head of the firm™s civil commercial group, has been appointed as the new chief financial officer and treasurer at the McLean, Virginia-based consulting services contractor. Howell will succeed the retiring Kevin Cook on July 1 and also hold the total of principal...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) plans to buy cloud-based health data and analytic tools provider Truven Health Analytics from Veritas Capital for $2.6 billion in a bid to further expand its Watson Health business unit’s platforms for value-based care. IBM said Thursday it plans to integrate Truven’s cloud-based platforms and health claims data with ...
The U.S. Army has selected six companies to provide Domain 2 design, test and integration services in support of the Space and Missile Defense Command under a $504 million contract. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract was awarded to Colsa, CybEx, Decisive Analytics, MEI Technologies, Sentar and Torch Technologies. The contract run...
The National Archives and Records Administration has asked industry to supply technical information on tools built to capture, manage and preserve content from social media networks. NARA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice it seeks commercial technology that can archive data on more than 120 social media blogs, accounts and channel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will deliver 464 Excalibur Ib missiles to the U.S. Army under a $31.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it also currently works on the development of Excalibur N5 to help address the needs of the U.S. Navy in the maritime domain. Abou...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has received a $12 million contract to provide Falcon III tactical handheld and vehicular radios and intercom systems to the Philippine army, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract covers the RF-7800V and RF-7800V VHF combat net radios and RF-7800I i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will provide an updated X-band anti-jam system to the U.S. Air Force under a $54.98 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the anti-jam system is designed to boost the resilience and security of the Air Force’s&n...
