Italy-based conglomerate Leonardo has moved to combine three divisions into a new electronics division as part of growth efforts in the defense and security technology market. Leonardo said Thursday the new business will consolidate the firm’s land and naval defence electronics, airborne and space systems and defense systems businesses. The co...
OSI Systems‘ (Nasdaq: OSIS) Spacelabs Healthcare subsidiary has won a potential 10-year, $450M contract to provide patient monitoring systems, accessories and training services to U.S. military branches and federal civilian agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 14, 2018 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has received a potential $35M task order from the U.S. Marine Corps for research and development work focused on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyber, electronic warfare and machine learning, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 29. The company said Nov. 2...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 14, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has nearly doubled the capacity at a facility in Arizona that houses the production of its Bushmaster medium-caliber cannons for military customers, as part of an expansion in the company’s innovation systems sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The 36K-square-foo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 14, 2018 ” Peraton has become a member of a Washington-based trade association that aims to drive the use of commercial satellite technology in national security and other missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Satellite Industry Association President Tom Stroup said Wednesday Peraton brings to the organ...
Barbie Bigelow, formerly senior vice president and chief information officer of Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC), has been appointed CIO at engineering, construction and consulting services contractor Black & Veatch. She will oversee Black & Veatch’s digital strategy and information technology group that offers tools and...
Howell Estes, a board member at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) since October 2017, has been named chairman of the company™s board of directors in a move that will take effect Jan. 1. He will succeed Robert Phillips, who will continue to serve on the board, the company said Thursday. “Howell’s wealth of experience in service to...
TechFlow has received a potential five-year, $967.9M contract from the Department of Homeland Security to maintain and provide logistics support for explosive detection systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the contract covers preventive maintenance; calibration and test equipment; radiation surveys; tools; parts obsolescence; and s...
Kim Skvorak, former deputy chief information officer at the National Security Agency, has joined Deep Water Point as principal of the intelligence community sector team at the Annapolis, Md.-based federal management consulting firm. She brings more than 25 years of information security planning and forecasting, project management and ...
Four companies have secured other transaction agreements to explore the possibility of creating a single, lightweight, man-portable system for the U.S. Marine Corps to locate, acquire and counter targets. BAE Systems, Elbit Systems of America (Nasdaq: ESLT), Fraser Optics and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will examine potential sy...
