FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) has agreed to purchase Endeavor Robotics from Arlington Capital Partners for about $385M in cash to make its entry into the market for unmanned ground vehicles for military, critical infrastructure and public safety applications. FLIR said Monday it expects the acquisition to close in the first quarter of 2019 a...
Two BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) subsidiaries have reached new agreements worth $2.1B combined to manufacture nuclear reactor components and fuel products for the U.S. Navy. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group and Nuclear Fuel Services will also provide support services to the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion program, the company said Monday. Effo...
Kieran McGrath, a more than 30-year technology industry veteran, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Avaya (NYSE: AVYA) in a move that will take effect on Feb. 15. He will directly report to Avaya President and CEO Jim Chirico and oversee the tech firm™s financial planning, controller organization, tax, treasury...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2019 ” Altamira Technologies will help build a geospatial intelligence database to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s homeland security programs as part of a task order awarded via the Janus contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday work under the...
Reginald Brothers, an executive vice president and chief technology officer of Peraton, said during a Government Matters interview aired Thursday that the pace of technology suggests that the Department of Defense needs more research-and-development funding in order to remain competitive. œThe challenge now is how fast technology is changi...
A BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT)-PAE joint venture will continue to help NASA manage two facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi after the space agency exercised an option under a potential $1.3B contract. Syncom Space Services will extend services at the Stennis Space Center and Michoud Assembly Facility through Sept. 30, 2020, BWXT said...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 7, 2019 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business will establish a new 18.5K-square-foot facility in Colorado to house research, development, engineering, production, sales, finance, marketing and administration operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. General Dynamics Mission Systems said Tuesday its GPS Sou...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has secured a potential $120M contract to help the U.S. Air Force train aircrews of the B-2 Spirit bomber fleet. The company said Tuesday it will continue to support the B-2 Aircrew Training System for the military service to hone the skills of B-2 pilots and maintenance and weapons-loading person...
Davis Johnson, formerly senior vice president and head of public sector at Riverbed Technology, has joined San Jose, Calif.-based enterprise storage provider Cohesity as VP of federal business. Johnson said in a statement published Tuesday that he will work with the Cohesity team to advance the federal adoption of the company™s web-scale platfo...
Janet Webb, former director of business development at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined AbleVets as vice president of federal civilian healthcare at the Chantilly, Va.-based information technology engineering and consulting services contractor. She will be responsible for helping drive AbleVet’s ...
