Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and a four-time Wash100 winner, has been elected to serve on Unisys‘ (NYSE: UIS) board of directors beginning in January. He will bring to Unisys his experience in its core focus industries that include government, transportation and travel, the company said Wednesday. Before I...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $357.8M contract to help the U.S. Navy produce and integrate air and missile defense radar systems. Work includes combat system integration and test, depot-level maintenance field engineering and spare parts procurement efforts for the AN/SPY-6(V) radar technology, the Department of Defense said Wednesda...
Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of health information technology company CNSI, has been named chairman of LMI™s board of directors in a move that will take effect on Jan. 1. He will succeed Michael Daniels, who will retire by the end of 2018 after serving 11 years on the board, LMI said Tuesday. œWe look forward to...
Pivotal Software (NYSE: PVTL) will support production efforts at the U.S. Air Force™s Kessel Run Experimentation Lab under a one-year, $100.1M other transaction agreement. The company will provide prototyping methods, software and services for the military branch’s enterprise architectures, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. W...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $99.2M contract to purchase tools and equipment needed to maximize the production rate of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles and Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles for the U.S. Air Force. Work will take place in Orlando, Fla., through Feb. 28, 2022, the Department of Defens...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $90.4M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to conduct analysis and studies related to a carrier-based unmanned air vehicle. Work will take place in St. Louis, Miss., through August 2024 as part of the MQ-25 manufacturing, development and engineering phase, the Department of Defense said Wedne...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 19, 2018 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has rolled out a Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine that it built with General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat business, two months after the vessel’s christening as USS Delaware, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. HII said Monday its Newport ...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has secured a potential $350M contract to help the U.S. Air Force train the military service’s F-16 pilots. The company said Tuesday it will serve as the prime contractor on the F-16 Simulators Training Program that consolidates previous weapons and tactics, trainer advanced sustainment and training system...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 19, 2018 ” A new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) report has found that many federal information technology executives experience continued challenges in their efforts to modernize IT, particularly in the alignment of technology priorities with mission objectives, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The professional services fi...
The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) has agreed to purchase StandardAero from Veritas Capital for an undisclosed sum. The Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm said Tuesday it expects to close the deal by the end of the first quarter of calendar year 2019, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based St...
