A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business unit has received a $318 million contract to help the Transportation Security Administration deploy equipment for the security screening of checked passenger bags at airports managed by the federal government. Raytheon Intelligence & Space will expand the fielding of baggage screening platforms to aro...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) has agreed to sell its integration platform-as-a-service business Boomi to investment firms Francisco Partners and TPG Capital for approximately $4 billion in cash. Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Dell, said in a statement published Sunday the proposed sale comes as the company decides to focu...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business has received a potential $234 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to update Blocks 1 and 2 of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to facilitate the integration of GPS Block III Follow-on satellite capabilities. The Space and Missile Systems Center obligated $2...
Chris Johnson, former president of Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) satellite systems business, has been appointed as senior vice president of space programs delivery at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), effective May 24. The new SVP will be responsible for leading and overseeing 1,900 employees who design, develop, integrate, test and deliver space platfor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2021 — Concurrent Technologies Corp. will continue providing the U.S. Air Force with program management services and subject matter expertise to assist the service branch in managing its facilities and utility systems, ExecutiveBiz reported April 14. Work is covered by a $4.1 million modification to a previously awarde...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2021 — CAES will manufacture a millimeter frequency converter to supply to an undisclosed client that develops fifth generation wireless technologies and looks to apply the CAES technology to 5G equipment, ExecutiveBiz reported April 14. The ordered mmW up- and down-converter will be designed to enable multichannel com...
Holly Freedlander, corporate controller of Xator since September 2019, has been promoted to serve as chief financial officer at the Reston, Virginia-based security and intelligence services provider starting May 1. She will succeed the retiring Matt Galaski, who has led the company’s overall financial operations since 2014 and led the financin...
CAE Chief Financial Officer Sonya Branco, four-decade industry veteran Brian Morra and former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry have joined the board of directors at CAE USA. Montreal-based CAE said Thursday its U.S. subsidiary board includes outside directors who provide oversight for the defense contractor’s government s...
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has promoted Jennifer Chronis, a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient with over 25 years of experience in digital transformation, to the role of senior vice president of its public sector business from her most recent post at the company as VP of federal. The company said Wednesday Chronis will now be responsible for...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has won a potential $850 million task order from the U.S. Navy to provide technical support for the service’s enterprise resource planning system, CHIPS reported Monday. The Navy ERP Technical Support Services task order awarded under the SeaPort-NxG multiple-award contract supports upgrades to the Navy ERP financial system that ov...
