TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has received a three-year, $44.7 million contract for the upgrade, repair and overhaul of the photonics masts of U.S. Navy Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, is one of nine executives who have joined the board of advisers at the Center for a New American Security, GovCon Executive reported Friday. CNAS said Thursday the executives come from the defense...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) will provide flight simulation hardware and software support to NASA‘s Langley Research Center under a five-year, $38.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. NASA said Friday the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes systems design, development, validation, modificati...
Jan. 11 – Jan. 15 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson America’s space program appears to be the place where government and industry are taking concrete steps toward increased public-private partnerships as a means to spur innovation on both ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2016 ” Raytheon | Websense — a Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Vista Equity Partners joint venture — has announced its new name as Forcepoint as it aims to develop its internal network monitoring services, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Forcepoint said Thursday the reb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has upgraded six B-52 bomber planes of the U.S. Air Force with increased capacity for internal weapons, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the upgraded internal weapons bay launchers can load up to eight Joint Direct Attack Munitions. “The upgrades t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2016 ” Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) space systems segment, said the first GPS III satellite has completed a thermal vacuum test as part of the U.S. Air Force™s program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Space News reported Wednesday the test works to id...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2016 ” American Systems has received a Maturity Level 3 quality appraisal under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the CMMI-DEV 1.3 appraisal covers process management, engineering, project ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2016 ” Serco Inc. has received a three-year extension to continue to compete for task orders under the potential $1.4 billion Global Installation Contract the U.S. Navy awarded in 2011, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the contract extension provides for continued C4ISR systems s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 14, 2016 ” The U.S. Army has used General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) two-channel AN/PRC-155 Mobile User Objective System manpack radio during a demonstration of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) MUOS satellite network, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. “These radios conn...
