TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 29, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) will collaborate on the development of a new avionics technology that will work to support present and future aviation missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Harris will integrate a common processing hardware with Boeing’s Secure Computing Solu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 29, 2016 ” Jack London, executive chairman of CACI International (NYSE: CACI), delivered the keynote address Friday during a U.S. Army cadet workshop at Fort Knox, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday London discussed the importance of good character and e...
Randy Wotring, former president of the management services segment at AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has been appointed to a newly-created role of president of technical and operational services in a move that takes effect immediately. AECOM said Thursday that transition will also see John Vollmer, previously executive vice president an...
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary two contract modifications worth a combined $187.1 million to provide UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Taiwan and Tunisia under foreign military sales agreements. One modification has a potential $148.7 million value and calls for...
The White House has approved the requests of Kuwait and Qatar to buy up to 76 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) F-15 and F/A- 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft worth approximately $7 billion, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes the U.S. government also cleared the sale of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-16 aircraft to Bahrain un...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business and Universal Technology have won positions on a potential eight-year, $46.6 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop manufacturing technology. The Defense Department said Wednesday the two companies will provide R&D services for the Manufa...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned positive in mid-afternoon trade Wednesday along with U.S. stocks after reports surfaced that major oil producing countries reached an agreement to limit global supply with more details due in November. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 4-to-1 ratio and eight of its 11 S&P 500 compani...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2016 ” General Atomics has developed a mechanical arm designed to recover small unmanned aircraft systems in mid-flight, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Breaking Defense reported Monday that General Atomics created the mechanism as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rebounded Tuesday on gains by defense technology makers as U.S. stocks also rose with jumps by technology and retail shares in conjunction with investor optimism on new consumer confidence data. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 4-to-1 ratio and all 11 of its S&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered Japan’s first F-35A fighter jet and marked the occasion in a ceremony that sought to highlight the Japan and U.S. defense alliance, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday F-35A maintenance training for the Japan Air Self D...
