TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has unveiled a new digital satellite navigation technology that the company plans to include in its bid for the U.S. Air Force‘s future Global Positioning System III, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the GPS offering features ExelisR...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has asked ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) to provide 90 Link 16 small tactical terminals for its AH-64E Apache lots 5 and 6 production line, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ViaSat said Thursday the terminals will work to support network interoperability and combat communi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” BMC Software and its partner 1105 Public Sector Media Group has held this year’s BMC Exchange event with a theme centered on digital enterprise management for government agencies, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The companies said Thursday the event, held Tuesday in Washington, will f...
Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has cut revenue guidance for its 2016 fiscal year on global declines in oil prices that have affected the company’s outlook for the CapRock remote communication services business. The Melbourne, Fla.-based communications technology...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), with the help of ASRC Federal™s mission solutions business, will test the Long Range Discrimination Radar system for the Missile Defense Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. ASRC Federal said Tuesday it will provide software engineering, maintenance and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” A new PwC survey found that enterprises are increasingly adopting risk-based cybersecurity frameworks and other security guidelines to boost efforts against cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said 91 percent have implemented one or more risk-based frameworks, including that o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with NATS to explore and integrate air traffic management systems for the U.K. aviation market in support of the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Lockheed said Thursday it will help NATS’ technology...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Grant Thornton has appointed Vishal Chawla, a former principal at Deloitte‘s risk advisory practice, as managing principal of its cyber risk advisory services unit, GovCon Executive reported Friday. Grant Thornton said Thursday Chawla will be based in Virginia and has previously worked at Oracle&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has worked with the Missile Defense Agency to perform an in-flight test on the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the activity works to gather data to validate the EKV’s redesigned thrusters as part of MDA’s test on...
As covered here yesterday, GovCon Wire’s parent company Executive Mosaic announced its inductions for the 2016 edition of the Wash 100 — EM’s annual selection of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices. These 100 individuals were chosen by EM’s editorial and organizational leadership as the executives...
