The U.S. Army has awarded separate contracts to four companies to develop concept designs that will be used to determine the requirements for a new platform to replace its Patriot air-and-missile defense radar system, Defense News reported Wednesday. Contract recipients include Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Gr...
24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force HEATHER WILSON on early US space programs: “…We built a glass house in a time of stones…” Land, air, sea–space. Space is becoming–has become–a contested domain for mankind and generations to come. The work done with the military across various agencies on integrating and ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2017 ” Chris Pehrson, vice president for strategic development at General Atomics™ aeronautical systems business, will be a guest speaker at Technology Training Corp.‘s Unmanned Aircraft Systems East for Defense and Government symposium from Nov. 7 to 8, GovCon Executive reported O...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 18, 2017 “ ArchIntel, a provider of concise, highly customized actionable intelligence delivered daily to leaders in business and non-profit markets, today announced the opening of a second office in South East Asia. The decision comes in response to an increase in ArchIntel customers and the need to expand staff to...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a potential five-year, $93 million task order to help the U.S. Cyber Command operate and protect the Department of Defense Information Network. SAIC said Wednesday it will assist the Directorate of Operations (J3) Joint Operations Center and Special Programs ...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has agreed to purchase Annapolis Junction, Maryland-based Praxis Engineering Technologies for approximately $235 million in cash in a move to expand its capabilities in mission applications development and broaden its market presence in the intelligence community. Both companies expect to complete the acquisition by the t...
Mark Cherry, president and chief operating officer at Manassas, Virginia-based autonomous systems maker Aurora Flight Sciences, has been appointed to succeed Darryl Davis as vice president of Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) Phantom Works technology arm. Davis, who served as head of Phantom Works for a decade, will transition into a program management ...
Aileen Black, executive director, industry lead and group leader for the U.S. government at Google™s cloud business, has said government agencies should consider three factors when migrating to the cloud and one of those is to understand the cloud™s capability to address the gap between the mission or user and big data analytics. œThe...
Hitachi Data Systems™ federal business has officially used Hitachi Vantara Federal as its new company name in an effort to advance the delivery of big data, analytics and internet of things platforms and services to government and commercial clients. Hitachi Vantara Federal said Monday the rebrand seeks to reflect its parent company™s new ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KijEh8nGz0Y PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 7, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts flight operations of the coast of Southern California. Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime ...
