Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) participate in 2JA Mine Countermeasure Exercise (2JA MCMEX) July 17-30, 2017. 2JA MCMEX is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and JMSDF to strengthen interoperability and increase ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 8, 2017 ” BAE Systems aims to help the U.K. navy address energy concerns with a future combined heat and power plant at Portsmouth Naval Base that could generate annual energy savings worth approximately $5 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the CHP facility will work to recycle energy an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 7, 2017 ” AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) URS Federal Services business will provide transportation logistics and maintenance services in support of U.S. Army prepositioned stocks in Germany and Kuwait under two contract modifications worth $26.3 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $114.6 million contract extension that will expand the scope of the company’s sustainment support work on Australia’s F/A-18A/B multimission fighter jets. The company said Friday its defense business in Australia will serve as the weapon systems integrator as well as coordinate en...
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) is exploring an acquisition of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics contractor Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) as the global industrial conglomerate looks to further expand its aerospace business, Bloomberg reported Saturday. Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg it is yet unclear whether the two fi...
Weekly Roundup July 31 – August 04 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two months there have been a considerable number of female executive moves in the GovCon industry. These changes in leadership will stand to have a lasting and positiv...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDhiHnRuGk Airmen from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron pilot missions in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Freedom™s Sentinel. The 816th EAS provides intra-theater transport within Southwest Asia and other locations as directed in support of units enga...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2017 ” BAE Systems aims to open a new facility in Australia that will serve as a hub for the company’s aerospace, land and maritime business operations in Victoria, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the future defense hub will house production of the Land 400 armed combat rec...
McCloughan received the Medal of Honor for distinguished actions during 48 hours of close-combat fighting against enemy forces near Don Que, Vietnam, from May 13 to 15, 1969. McCloughan was serving with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, as a private first class combat medic. McCloughan, then...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has collaborated with the Army Materiel Command in efforts to deploy the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to help predict maintenance needs for the Stryker armored combat vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. GCN reported Thursday that AMC’s logistics support ...
