Colorado-based EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) called on Inmarsat to initiate discussions with shareholders about its $3.2 billion takeover offer and that it would pursue the bid if given a deadline extension, Reuters reported Friday. EchoStar has until Friday, July 6, to decide whether to present a firm offer for Inmarsat or drop the plan for six...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2018 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has said the satellite communications industry has seen the “bring your own device movement become one of the top trends in the sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Desch, a four-time Wash100 recipient, said in an interview with CommunicAsia publi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2018 ” Raytheon™s (NYSE: RTN) BBN Technologies subsidiary has partnered with Charles River Analytics to develop modeling tools that will work to help military planners understand potential causes of a conflict in support of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. CRA sa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will research and develop a precise reference sensing system for the U.S. Air Force™s collaborative electronic warfare program under a potential $23.6 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday Northrop will perform positioning, navigati...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has recognized 19 small businesses that it says provided support to the Lockheed missiles and fire control unit last year in line with schedule, cost and process requirements, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the “exemplary performance” of the follow...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a five-year, $80 million contract to a Lockheed Martin subsidiary to produce spare parts for a remotely-controlled, multisensor surveillance technology for U.S. Army. Gyrocam Systems will manufacture the AN/VSQ-6B Vehicle Optics Sensor System spares under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-d...
Deborah Ricci, formerly chief financial officer of Constellis, has been appointed to the same role at PwC™s former public sector arm that New York-based private equity firm Veritas Capital acquired in May. She brings to her position 25 years of finance, accounting, contracts, information technology and human resources management experience for ...
Mike Edwards, formerly corporate director of space, intelligence and cyber at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) DigitalGlobe business as vice president and senior adviser for defense programs. DigitalGlobe said Thursday Edwards will report to President Dan Jablonsky andlead...
Bryan Caccavale, formerly director of strategic sourcing at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed vice president of strategic sourcing in the same division. He will report to Newport News President Jennifer Boykin and succeed John Temple, who is due to retire early next year afte...
Michael Boera, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as a vice president and a strategic account executive at the Reston, Va.-based information technology services contractor. The company said Tuesday Boera aims to expand the company’s business relationships with the military service and brings m...
