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 ...
DynCorp International has received a $123 million task order modification from the U.S. Army Sustainment Command to provide mission support services for the service branch’s National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. The company said Monday the modification falls under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV co...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $211.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to procure non-recurring special tooling and test equipment needed for current and future production of F-35 aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the modification combines purchases from the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-DoD...
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has agreed to buy Airbus™ communications business through the acquisition of the latter™s Plant Holdings subsidiary for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand 911 software offerings. Airbus DS Communications operates under Plant Holdings and provides command center software platforms that work to fi...
Shareholders at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates have separately approved the deal originally announced in February for MDA to buy the Westminster, Colorado-based Earth imaging services provider in an estimated $3.6 billion transaction. Holders of approximately 93 percent of shares in ...
