TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 1, 2018 ” Iridium Communications™ (Nasdaq: IRDM) Aireon subsidiary has partnered with Airbus™ defense and space business to provide space-based aircraft tracking data to the latter™s recently launched airspace analytics platform, ExecutiveBiz reported July 20. Aireon said July 19 it will supply Auto...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 1, 2018 ” A Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems-built (NYSE: NOC) Cygnus spacecraft that launched in May to deliver an estimated 7,400 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station and perform secondary space missions reentered Earth’s atmosphere Monday after a 52-day stay at the space observatory, E...
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has secured a potential $630.5 million contract to repair or replace components of afterburning turbofan engines that currently power the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 E/F and EA 18G aircraft platforms. The Defense Department said Tuesday that GE will also support 773 F414 engine parts as part of the firm-f...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $96.1 million contract to produce 250 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy missiles for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Tuesday that it will manufacture the MALD-J jamming variant of the missile that works to electronically stimulate and neutralize enemy air defense systems. Mike Jarrett, vice president of ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 30, 2018 ” David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has indicated that a change in culture is essentially part of federal agencies’ preparation for the shift from the General Services Administration‘s Networx contract to the Enterprise Infrastructure Sol...
Progeny Systems has secured a potential $92.1 million contract to provide engineering and technical services for the U.S. Navy‘s undersea defense arsenal. The company will develop software, commercial off-the-shelf products and integrate hardware and software for submarine and undersea warfare weapons systems under the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president for mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said a multidomain command-and-control system will be key to support military decision-making in the future combat environment, ExecutiveBiz reported July 13. ...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded OSI Systems™ (Nasdaq: OSIS) security division a potential five-year, $140 million contract to help maintain equipment CBP uses to inspect vehicles, cargo and parcels. OSI said Thursday it received a $25 million initial delivery order to provide maintenance, logistics, parts ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2018 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit hosted a collaborative cybersecurity training exercise for employees earlier this month that highlighted the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in cyber efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. General Dynamics Information Technology said Tuesday...
Government and industry representatives gathered Tuesday for the Potomac Officers Club™s The Future of Algorithmic Warfare Forum, anchored by a panel of defense and intelligence experts and keynote speaker Lt. Gen. John N.T. œJack Shanahan, director for defense intelligence (warfighter support) at the Office of the Under Secret...
