A Kongsberg Gruppen business unit has received a four-year, $498.3M contract from the U.S. Army to continue to build a remote weapon station designed to help soldiers identify and engage targets while inside an armored vehicle. The Defense Department said Friday that Kongsberg’s defense and aerospace group will also support engineeri...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 14, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy took part in a demonstration of the missile defense capability of Japan™s maritime self-defense force and the compatibility of its JS Atago ship with the Block IB variant of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 14, 2018 ” The Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System has undergone a live air test with the U.S. Army to validate its target detection and tracking functions, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the IBCS was able to engage wi...
Trent Teyema, a former cybersecurity official at the FBI, has joined Parsons‘ federal business as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Parsons said Thursday Teyema will oversee research-and-development and customer engagement efforts related to the company’s intellectual property protection platforms and oth...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2018 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has elevated Xavier Beale from the role of human resources operations director to vice president of trades and successor to the recently retired Ray Bagley, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Friday B...
Maxar Technologies™ (NYSE: MAXR) DigitalGlobe subsidiary has received a potential two-year, $600M contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to continue to provide the U.S. government access to the company™s WorldView satellite constellation and image archive. The EnhancedView Follow-On contract has a one-year base term and an option...
Huntington Ingalls Industries™ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has promoted Jason Ward to vice president of Columbia-class submarine construction and named Dave Bolcar as VP for the Virginia-class submarine development program. Ward and Bolcar will directly report to Ken Mahler, VP of Navy programs at Newport News Shipbuilding, H...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 21, 2018 ” A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has launched a program that aims to fund nonprofit organizations focused on community initiatives that support the Hampton Roads region in Virginia, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday Newport News Shipbuilding‘s new philanthro...
Kevin Paschuck, senior vice president and chief operating officer of public sector business unit at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said agencies that aim to adopt cloud technology should have a plan in place to meet service and security requirements. Agency information technology leaders œshould take a top-down, mission-capability view of the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 20, 2018 ” General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit is planning to expand its flight test and training center in North Dakota in an effort to address the increasing demand for sensor system testing and flight crew training from U.S. and international clients, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said ...
