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...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 22, 2018 ” An industry team led by Concurrent Technologies Corp. will work to address the U.S. Marine Corps‘ energy reliability and resiliency needs at multiple locations as part of a potential $36M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 28. The company said Sept. 27 its team — which includes subcontra...
Ashburn, Va.-based technology services contractor Applied Insight has bought Organizational Strategies Inc. for an undisclosed sum in a move to help government clients further missions with the firms’ collective offering. Both companies aim to combine analytics, cyber, sensor and cloud computing platforms with with their un...
