TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” SpaceX has scheduled the initial launch of Iridium Communications‘ (Nasdaq: IRDM) NEXT satellites on Jan. 8 after investigations revealed cause of the Falcon 9 rocket explosion, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Washington Post reported Monday the company discovered the cause to be a press...
MacAulay-Brown has purchased Enlighten IT Consulting for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand MacB™s portfolio of cybersecurity offerings and client base in the federal market. MacB will operate EITC as a wholly owned subsidiary and that EITC CEO Shawn Justice will directly report to Sid Fuchs, president and CEO of MacB, EITC said...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and SpaceX have secured four additional missions each to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station as part of NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. NASA said Wednesday that Boeing and SpaceX each have six orders for crewed missions now under the companies’ respective Commercial Crew Tr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMi5Bd6HZxw Scientists have created a new breathable material that protects warfighters from chemical and biological threats. The project is funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency™s Joint Science and Technology Office and conducted by a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. Video by Ai...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has secured a $486 million contract to build a ninth National Security Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. The company said Friday that Legend-class NSCs are the flagships of the Coast Guard’s cutter fleet and will replace 12 current Hamilto...
Charles Anderson, formerly senior vice president of facility and logistics services at Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) and a retired U.S. Army major general, has been named president of PAE‘s technical services business. PAE said Monday that Anderson will oversee the more than 6, 000-employee technical services unit and the organization&...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered a loss Friday to close what was only its second weekly decline since the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump and end December in the negative. GCI decliners outnumbered gainers by a 3-to-1 ratio in the last trading session of 2016, while 25 out of 30 Index companies advanced on a yearly bas...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index retreated Friday in the final trading session of 2016 to close a negative December but but a positive year on a boost to defense stocks in the post-election rally that has swept through U.S. markets. The GovCon Index closes 2016 with a year-to-date gain of 16.73 percent as the U.S. stock...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 30, 2016 ” A report prepared by Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) recommends that Congress delegate space management responsibilities to a civilian agency, ExecutiveGov reported Thursday. Space News reported Wednesday that NASA commissioned SAIC to produce the report...
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary a $324.4 million contract modification for the detail, design and construction of a follow-on Expeditionary Sea Base. The modification also definitizes the procurement of long lead-time materials needed to build the ESB 5 ship, the Defense Department said Thursday. N...
