TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 8, 2018 ” An SSL-built spacecraft developed for NASA‘s in-orbit satellite servicing effort has completed the space agency’s mission preliminary design review that would advance the program to the Key Decision Point C phase, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 21. The Maxar Technologies busines...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 8, 2018 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Air Force to develop a data exchange framework and plan required for the certification of the company’s Next Generation Launch system, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it ...
Erickson has appointed three executives to its leadership team in a move that takes effect immediately. Kevin Cochie, formerly vice president of Washington operations and special programs at ammunition and energetics products provider Nammo, will serve as VP and general manager of defense and national security at Erickson, the company said Friday. C...
Cummins (NYSE: CMI) has received a $257.6 million contract to provide new commercial, remanufactured and remanufactured conversion engines for multiple U.S. Army military vehicles. The Defense Department said Friday the firm-fixed-price contract is for the procurement of V903 Cummins series 600 and 675 horsepower diesel engines. V903 engin...
Weekly Roundup January 1 – January 5, 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, let™s take a look at the first executive moves of 2018 and the closing executive moves of 2017. Recent executive moves include: Roger Mason joined Peraton as pres...
Mike Greenley, formerly sector president at L3 Technologies™ (NYSE: LLL) Wescam subsidiary, has been appointed group president of Maxar Technologies™ (NYSE: MAXR) MDA business unit in a move that takes effect Jan. 15. Greenley will directly report to Howard Lance, Maxar president and CEO, and oversee MDA™s approximately 1,900 employee...
India’s ministry of defense has cleared a proposal to buy a training system for P-8 military aircraft crew and associated maintenance service from Boeing (NYSE: BA) through a potential $307.5 million contract. The Indian government said Thursday Boeing’s P-8 training platform will work to help the country’s navy ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 4, 2018 ” Parsons will work on the design of a new bridge, roadway and traffic management system in Indiana under a deal with the state’s transportation department, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will provide the design for a 1,030-feet replacement of the SR 249 bridge in Por...
Roger Mason, former senior vice president of the national security and intelligence business at Noblis and previous 2017 Wash100 recipient, will officially join Peraton on Monday as president of the Herndon, Virginia-based company’s space, intelligence and cyber sector. Peraton said Thursday Mason will be responsible f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, JANUARY 4, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” will be hosting its third Defense Research and Development Summit on January 31st at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner. Given the rapid pace at which technology advances in the private sector, the Department of Defense has been taking a...
