TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed the first refueling test of the company-built KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft with an F-16 jet, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Sunday the tanker offloaded up to 1, 600 pounds of fuel to the jet while flying over Washington state at an altitude of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2016 ” A division of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) will work to update the digital control computer emulation of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant simulator under a contract with Romania’s Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. L-3 MAPPS will provide the upgraded soft...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2016 ” Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Chinook helicopter and the Sikorsky-built King Stallion helicopter by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have been shortlisted by Germany as the potential replacement for its current Sea Stallion fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Defense News reported Monday that Germany seek...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2016 ” Sotera Defense Solutions will provide research and development support for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s counter-insurgency operations program under an $11.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract from the U.S. Army...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a four-year, $35 million task order to perform program management and technical analysis on the U.S. Fleet Forces Command™s computer infrastructure. The company will work to maintain computer models ship components and hardware under the contract, CACI said Tuesday. œWe will continue to support ...
Reston, Virginia-based contractor Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) has agreed to a merger with the government information technology and services businesses of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) under a $5 billion, tax-free Reverse Morris Trust transaction to create the government services industry’s largest publicly-traded contractor by revenu...
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has agreed to buy Christie Digital Systems™ Matrix series of projectors for an undisclosed sum in an effort to complement its training projectors and simulation offerings to aviation and military clients. The deal covers Christie™s Matrix SIM and Matrix StIM projectors and other software tools and is expec...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun its search for an anti-submarine bistatic sonar system that works to maintain a ship’s stealth while in operation, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes DARPA seeks companies to develop active sonar sources, signal processing and undersea communications ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 25, 2016 ” Ensco aims to provide project delivery services to the Australian rail transport industry through its newly opened branch office in Perth, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Wednesday the expansion is an effort to meet demand in Australia’s railway industry for automated track in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 25, 2016 ” Honeywell™s (NYSE: HON) JetWave hardware will provide Internet connectivity aboard the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 757 aircraft through Inmarsat™s Global Xpress broadband satellite network after receiving the Federal Aviation Administration™s approval, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
