The State Department has approved Iraq™s request to buy munitions, weapons, related equipment and logistics support services for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government under a potential $1.95 billion foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday that Iraq will use the weapons systems...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 20, 2016 ” Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) collaborated with Affigent and ThunderCat Technology to install its switching technology into the U.S. Air Force‘s data transport system, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Juniper said Tuesday the collaboration is in support of contracts awarded to Affigent and Thu...
A United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to produce lots 9 and 10 of F135 engines for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will build 167 F135 low-rate initial production propulsion engines for the three F-35 variants and pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 14, 2016 ” Seagate Technology‘s (Nasdaq: STX) U.S. government solutions business seeks to support agency high-performance computing initiatives and provide new storage technologies for large volumes of data, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. “The key parts of helping government through big data are the t...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) a $180.2 million ‘other transaction’ agreement and Space Exploration Technologies a $61.4 million OTA to build alternative propulsion systems for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Space and Missile Systems Center received mult...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 12, 2016 ” Siemens‘ government technologies subsidiary and the National Park Service have installed two solar array systems at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia as part of a 2014 Energy Savings Performance Contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NPS said Jan. 5 the two solar panels will work&nb...
William Haynes II, formerly executive vice president and general counsel of SIGA Technologies, has joined CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA) as EVP, general counsel and corporate secretary. Haynes will be responsible for the company’s legal affairs, compliance and corporate governance, CSRA said Friday. “We’re delighted that someone with Jim&#...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 8, 2016 ” Parsons will host a presentation on the movement of engineering firms to cyberspace as a sponsor of Digital Bond‘s S4 security conference from Jan. 12 to 14, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will also exhibit at the conference with a demonstration of...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a potential eight-year, $485 million contract to continue to provide operational support services for NASA™s Enterprise Applications Competency Center. The follow-on, cost-plus-performance-fee contract was awarded through the Enterprise Applications Service Technologies prog...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” AT&T (NYSE: T), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), Deloitte, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), General Electric, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have tied up in support of AT&T’s strategy to help local governments create more connected communities, ExecutiveBiz reported We...
