TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 29, 2018 ” Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector of BAE Systems Inc., has said the company aims to build on its internal research and development activities to fulfill work under a multi-award contract with the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 2. The company said Oct. 1 it w...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) posted $136M in revenue for the third quarter of 2018, up 17 percent from the prior year period. The company said Thursday the total number of subscribers grew to 1.09M in Q3 2018, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 15 percent associated with the rise in government and internet-of-things clients. The McLean...
A new PwC report says the total value of mergers and acquisitions in the global aerospace and defense industry was $5.9B in the third quarter of 2018, down 49 percent from the same period last year. PwC said the number of M&A deals in the A&D sector plummeted 18 percent to 89 transactions in Q3 2018 and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 24, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has established partnerships with Cybraics and Authentic8 in an effort to advance artificial intelligence, analytics and isolated browser technology to bolster the cybersecurity of financial, health, electoral and other critical infrastructure systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 3....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 24, 2018 ” Cubic (NYSE: CUB) Chairman, President and CEO Bradley Feldmann will join the National Association of Corporate Directors fellowship program as a board leadership fellow, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday NACD fellows are part of an annual program of study aimed to generate insights...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 24, 2018 ” A General Atomics business unit will deliver a prototype lithium-ion battery system for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s manned underwater vehicles under a new contract focused on integration and testing, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday General Atomics Electr...
A KBR (NYSE: KBR) business unit has landed a potential eight-year, $500M contract for personal services in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s effort to sustain the welfare of USSOCOM warfighters and their families. KBRwyle will support the Preservation of the Force and Family Program across 26 locations within and outside co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 23, 2018 ” Dave Vennergrund, director of data and analytics at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has said federal agencies can utilize the cloud as a platform for the development of artificial intelligence technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 1. He wrote Sept. 27 in a company blog...
Chris Usserman, principal security and threat intelligence adviser at Infoblox, has said countering cyber threats calls for agencies to further develop their cybersecurity programs through automation and orchestration. Usserman wrote that orchestration and automation could help agencies œembrace both the proactive and reactive functions of cybe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 22, 2018 ” SSL has entered into a public-private partnership with NASA to build two spacecraft technologies under the agency’s Tipping Point program that aims to utilize commercial space capabilities for government missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 1. Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) said O...
