FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) has agreed to purchase Endeavor Robotics from Arlington Capital Partners for about $385M in cash to make its entry into the market for unmanned ground vehicles for military, critical infrastructure and public safety applications. FLIR said Monday it expects the acquisition to close in the first quarter of 2019 a...
William Welch, formerly president and chief operating officer of Duo Security, has been named co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity. He will serve in the role alongside retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander and help drive IronNet’s commercial efforts to expand operations worldwide, the company said Monday. Welch previously held senior lea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2019 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will supply a digital video surveillance system for the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyers under a potential $33M contract in support of the service’s DDG modernization effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Naval Surfa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2019 ” Altamira Technologies will help build a geospatial intelligence database to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s homeland security programs as part of a task order awarded via the Janus contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday work under the...
Reginald Brothers, an executive vice president and chief technology officer of Peraton, said during a Government Matters interview aired Thursday that the pace of technology suggests that the Department of Defense needs more research-and-development funding in order to remain competitive. œThe challenge now is how fast technology is changi...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a potential $187.9M contract from the Federal Aviation Administration for information technology support services. An award notice posted Wednesday says SAIC will provide IT services for FAA’s enterprise services center at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 8, 2019 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first two units of an updated airborne technology platform that the company built to detect mines, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the AQS-24C mine-hunting system, which builds on the capabilities of th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 8, 2019 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has said threat actors could have the capability to utilize new attack vectors, information warfare, internet-of-things botnets and adware networks against companies and consumers in 2019, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said in its “2019 Cyber Threat Outloo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 8, 2019 ” A PAE business unit will provide contractor instruction, training, maintenance and operations support for the cargo offload, discharge and lighterage systems of the U.S. Navy under a potential $23M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Department of Defense said Wednesday PAE Aviation and Techn...
Scott Briggs, who worked at ViON as director of business development from 2011 to 2017, has returned to the company as director of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community sales. The three-decade U.S. Navy veteran will work with DoD and IC customers to determine their technology requirements for the military and information te...
