TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2016 ” Siemens has partnered with Airbus on the development of a hybrid electric propulsion system for passenger aircraft that could drive efforts to reduce noise and fuel consumption, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Airbus said Thursday a joint team of 200 employees will work on the project in pre...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 ” Poland is planning to purchase long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles either from Israel’s Elbit Systems or the U.S. company General Atomics, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Defense News reported Friday Poland’s military is considering the MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1C Gray Eagle or Hermes...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has tapped BAE Systems to build three engineering and training facilities at the Marham air base in the U.K. under a $166.3 million subcontract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. BAE said Thursday the construction project is part of preparations for the delivery of the f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 ” A subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has completed the construction of the radar receive array ground structure for the U.S. Air Force‘s future space fence system being built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. General Dynamics said Thursday its SATCO...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 ” The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems will supply 30 Assault Amphibious Vehicles to Japan as part of the country’s efforts to build up amphibious capability among its ground self-defense forces, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday BAE Systems Inc. will also...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work with Immunovaccine to develop a vaccine that aims to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The companies will integrate Immunovaccine’s DepoVax platform and Leidos’ Virtual Pharmaceutical Development Pro...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 8, 2016 ” Cloud service providers Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) are due to receive high baseline certifications under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Federal Times reported March 21 that&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 8, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has proposed a “heritage” GPS III spacecraft and prototype navigational payload as part of its bid for the U.S. Air Force‘s follow-on program on the production of future GPS III space vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednes...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 8, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force could spend an estimated $533 million on the construction of hangars and other facilities to accommodate the service branch’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 jets at Eielson Air Force Base, Executive Gov reported Thursday. Newsminer reported Wednesday&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 8, 2016 ” Battelle has received orders from the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security for 100 units of its portable drone defense system, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The nonprofit company said Wednesday its man-portable, point-and-shoot DroneDefender technology works to...
