TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 — The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business a $45.8 million delivery order for 29 automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination standard retrofit p-kits for MH-60R helicopters, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed’s mission systems and training unit will perform...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” BAE Systems will provide its LiteHUD head-up displays to support the flight test program of the Textron (NYSE: TXT) and AirLand Enterprises joint venture’s Scorpion jet, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The display is designed with BAE’s optical waveguide technology and will work to reduce t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” ViON has been named the top small business fundraising company during the 2016 Greater Washington Heart Walk event for raising $30,000 in support of the American Heart Association’s research efforts, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. “It was incredible to see the entire staff or...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has closed a deal with SpaceX for the simultaneous launch of the former’s NEXT communications satellites and the NASA-GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences mission’s twin satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Five Iridium NEXT satel...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed flat Tuesday with large prime aerospace contractors the main laggards and services companies the predominant gainers as U.S. stocks also fell on continued investor uncertainty over White House policies. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered gainers 18-12 as three of its 11 S&P 500 com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2017 ” A subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will produce additional Piranha 3 wheeled armored vehicles for Romania in support of the country’s fleet modernization program, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday this is the fifth batch of vehicles that its European Land Syste...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has joined SAP‘s (NYSE: SAP) PartnerEdge Program that works to provide tools and resources to foster business development and collaboration among information technology firms, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Yogesh Khanna, CSRA chief technology officer, said in a statement publi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2017 ” BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries will collaborate on the first development phase of the Turkish air force’s TF-X fighter jet program under a “Heads of Agreement” deal, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The agreement was signed ahead of a planned contract worth an estimated $...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2017 ” Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) missile systems business has secured a $62.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture 312 lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions and 413 single weapon containers, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2017 ” The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a $35.9 million contract to support an initiative that aims to prevent the development of new biological weapons, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Leidos will provide technical and scientific services to support various projects un...
