Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report of a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the newly established Army Futures Command that seeks to accelerate the acquisition and deployment of new technology platforms to soldiers. Gen. John Murray, head of Army Futures Command, appeared before HASC™s readiness subc...
On the heels of SAIC’s planned $2.5 billion acquisition of Engility, consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released its “McAleese Assessment” of the deal. The report includes key takeaways from the acquisition call held on Monday, including Tony Moraco, SAIC’s CEO, offering his view on the future of the federal budget...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 4, 2018 ” General Atomics will host a NASA space-based instrument on a commercial low-Earth-orbit satellite in support of a mission to study aerosols in the atmosphere to measure the radiance and polarization of sunlight, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The space agency said Friday the company will prov...
Mark Kelton, a retired senior executive of the CIA, has joined DynCorp International as senior vice president of national security solutions at the McLean, Va.-based government services contractor. He brings 34 years of intelligence operations, international security, insider threat detection, counterintelligence and crisis management experience to ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 31, 2018 ” General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business, PAE‘s joint venture with American Operations Corp. and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary will work on a two-year NASA project focused on commercial unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. NASA said Wednesday&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 15, 2018 ” A joint survey of 71 state financial leaders by Deloitte and the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers reveals that respondents’ satisfaction in their organizations’ digital strategy has declined from 64 percent in 2015 to 35 percent this year, ExecutiveBiz repo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said a budget and acquisition framework focused on the use of commercial software development methods is needed to accelerate the delivery of defense capabilit...
NASA has chosen 13 companies to explore future opportunities for non-governmental entities to conduct U.S. manned spaceflight missions to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations. The space agency said Thursday studies will delve into conceptualization of business plans that will discuss the feasibility of using fr...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received two task orders worth up to $639 million combined to provide information technology services for the Social Security Administration™s Disability Case Processing System and office of software engineering. The task orders awarded through the company™s new IT support services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qua...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” Dave Wajsgras, president of the intelligence, information and services business at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), participated in a discussion with Virginia state officials earlier this month about cybersecurity and opportunities for training in the field, ExecutiveBiz reported July 13. The event, which was held at the...
