TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 16, 2018 ” SSL will design and establish requirements under an Environmental Defense Fund contract for the development of a small satellite that will work to monitor methane emissions from oil and gas plants, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) said Thursday its SSL business will co...
Diane Bryant, a 32-year veteran of Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and former chief operating officer of Google‘s (Nasdaq: GOOGL) cloud business, has been appointed an independent director at Broadcom‘s (Nasdaq: AVGO) board of directors. Broadcom said Monday Bryant has more than three decades of leadership experience in the semiconductor, ente...
Dr. Marie Sandrock, deputy director of the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office, oversees SCO™s mission to develop new and innovative technologies to shape and counter emerging threats across all domains, bringing game-changing capabilities to the Joint Force. As SCO™s deputy director, Dr. Sandrock™s top priority f...
Textron (NYSE: TXT) closed its acquisition of Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle maker Howe & Howe Technologies on Dec. 17, Defense News reported Thursday. Textron announced its intent to buy Howe & Howe in October 2018 in a push to expand its autonomous technology offerings across land, air and maritime d...
Thomas Gillespie, director of the Department of Defense Information Analysis Centers, has provided the agency with strategic studies and built communities of interest in areas of critical importance, including cyber operations, weapon systems and homeland defense. In September, DoD signed 15 companies to a potential nine-year, $28B contract for tech...
Matt Preschern, formerly senior vice president of marketing at CA Technologies, has joined Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity firm Forcepoint as chief marketing officer. He will report to Forcepoint CEO Matthew Moynahan and oversee the company™s sales enablement, revenue generation, brand awareness and other global marketing initiatives, the com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 9, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has said commercial software development could be a key focus of the Department of Defense in 2019 as it works to accelerate weapons systems procurement, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “Focusing on commerci...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has received a $714M delivery order to modernize 174 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks for the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it will equip the vehicles with version 3 of the M1A2 System Enhancement Package that includes updated communications and armor technologies. The order ...
Cadence Aerospace, a portfolio company of investment firm Arlington Capital Partners, has named former Pratt & Whitney executive Kevin Martin as chief information officer. The more than 30-year industry veteran most recently served as associate director of military engines business development at the United Technologies Corp....
Joseph Tofalo, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been appointed vice president of program integration and assessment at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII). HII said Monday Tofalo succeeds Jay Donnelly, who will transition to a new role as corporate VP of advanced technologies, and will work with government, academ...
