TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress and Broadband Global Area Network satellite services will be available to the Defense Department through value-added reseller COMSAT under a blanket purchase agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. COMSAT will utilize the networks to support Intern...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will design, build and test a demonstration spacecraft for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in support of efforts to use a hypersonic aircraft that would bring national security payloads to space with less cost and time spent, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. DARPA said Wednesday&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will utilize Crossmatch‘s palm and fingerprint scanners to support efforts to update the U.K. criminal booking system by December 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Crossmatch said Wednesday its L Scan 1000 palm scanner will work to add high-speed and high-quality...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will supply 0.50-caliber ammunition to the U.S. Army under orders worth $76 million combined following a similar order for small-caliber rounds in April, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its defense systems group will produce the ammunition at its Lake ...
Parsons has secured a five-year contract to continue to help the National Nuclear Security Administration plan and manage construction projects. The company said Thursday it will conduct project planning, budgeting, design, construction, procurement, commissioning and closeout efforts under the follow-on Enterprise...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed up for the sixth consecutive day with the advancers significantly outpacing the decliners 5 to 1. The GovCon Index reached another 30 day high of 95.791, up 0.787 percent. CSRA lead the 30 GovCon Index stocks, up 4.62 percent as they announced the acquisition NES Associates. All the U.S. indices wer...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has completed updates to the terminal software, hardware and automation systems at a Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in New York as part of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s national airspace modernization project, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company sa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have partnered to develop a scorecard for the United Nations that works to guide local governments in efforts to drive resilience and preparedness against natural disasters, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. IBM said Tuesday the team built the Disaster Resilience Scorec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2017 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will deliver Missile Fire Control System equipment and provide engineering services for two international customers under a $40.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company’s ordna...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2017 ” The upcoming $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates is anticipated to boost the latter’s satellite manufacturing business and diversify its satellite services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported Tuesday the deal will also work to ...
