TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has formed a new unit within its advanced missile systems organization to consolidate and boost the production of its Coyote and Silver Fox small unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the UAS directorate will be based in Ariz...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” A Hitachi-developed wireless communication system for aircraft played a key part in a test conducted by NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration to check support for ground-to-aircraft information exchange, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. NASA said Wednesday ground operators transmitted aviat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” A subsidiary of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will provide network services to 550 academic institutions in Alabama under a $96 million recompete contract from the state’s supercomputing agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CSRA said Wednesday the Alabama Supercomputer Authority tapped CSC State and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” Vencore has updated its FlightViz and FlightAnalyst applications that work to support the analysis and visualization of flight data to determine aviation trends, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday new features include 3-D graphics with multiple terrain levels, audio replay ...
Three companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reported quarterly financial results before U.S. financial markets opened Thursday with one in-line against analyst expectations for earnings per share and below on revenue and the other two contractors above Wall Street’s outlook for both figures. Dulles, Virginia-based spaceÃ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will supply the U.S. Army with three kinds of small-caliber ammunition under orders worth $210 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday it will produce .50 caliber, 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missou...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has concluded the preliminary design review of the HH-60W Pave Hawk air vehicle under the Combat Rescue Helicopter program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed said Monday the program will now proceed to air vehicle and logistics system detaile...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has worked with industry partners to equip Insitu’s ScanEagle and other small unmanned aircraft systems with maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Sentient Vision Systems provided software to ru...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” The combined offering of Polycom‘s (Nasdaq: PLCM) VVX voice and video technology and Genband‘s Application Server has received certification under the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Genband said Monday ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will proceed with the planned July launch of the first 10 satellites in its second-generation Iridium NEXT constellation, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Space News reported Friday that the initial launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be followed by six other ...
