TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has christened and launched the U.S. Navy‘s 11th littoral combat ship at the Menominee River in Wisconsin, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Saturday the Freedom-class USS Sioux City will undergo tests before it is delivered to the Navy...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has unveiled a new digital satellite navigation technology that the company plans to include in its bid for the U.S. Air Force‘s future Global Positioning System III, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the GPS offering features ExelisR...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has asked ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) to provide 90 Link 16 small tactical terminals for its AH-64E Apache lots 5 and 6 production line, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ViaSat said Thursday the terminals will work to support network interoperability and combat communi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” BMC Software and its partner 1105 Public Sector Media Group has held this year’s BMC Exchange event with a theme centered on digital enterprise management for government agencies, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The companies said Thursday the event, held Tuesday in Washington, will f...
Rahul Ghai, currently vice president of finance integration at Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS), has been appointed to succeed the departing Mick Lopez as senior vice president and chief financial officer in a move that takes effect Feb. 11. Ghai will bring more than 20 years of financial leadership experience to his new roles and repor...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 15 companies positions on a potential nine-year, $975 million contract to provide logistics support and help U.S. and partner agencies carry out national security missions. The service branch received 16 proposals for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has completed its $550 million cash acquisition of the National Security Solutions business from L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) as part of a growth strategy to target enterprise information technology and intelligence markets. CACI said Monday it expects NSS, a mission services provider for the government sector, to c...
Mori Associates has received a potential five-year, $300 million contract from NASA to provide information technology, multimedia and communication services to the Johnson Space Center in Texas. NASA said Tuesday work on the cost-plus-award-fee contract will begin April 1 and covers support to JSC’s information resourc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), with the help of ASRC Federal™s mission solutions business, will test the Long Range Discrimination Radar system for the Missile Defense Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. ASRC Federal said Tuesday it will provide software engineering, maintenance and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” A new PwC survey found that enterprises are increasingly adopting risk-based cybersecurity frameworks and other security guidelines to boost efforts against cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said 91 percent have implemented one or more risk-based frameworks, including that o...
