The U.S. Army has selected four companies for positions on a potential $93.4 million contract for research, development, test and evaluation services focused on aerial target systems over a five-year period. The Defense Department said Tuesday Griffon Aerospace, Kord Technologies, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) and&nb...
An AECOM (NYSE: ACM) subsidiary will assist the U.S. Air Force in the upkeep of test and training ranges under a potential 15-year, $3.1 billion contract. JT4 will support the Joint Range Technical Services through April 15, 2033, AECOM said Wednesday. The company will continually operate, maintain and sustain test and training ranges in the we...
Mark Settle, chief information officer at San Francisco-based identity management services provider Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), has said government agencies should implement data analytics and identity authentication processes in order to adapt and improve the defense of their information technology systems from cyber threats. Settle wrote that advanc...
Bethesda, Md.-based firm Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has promoted Michele Evans, an executive at its rotary and mission systems unit, to serve as the company™s deputy executive vice president for the aeronautics division starting June 4. The aerospace and defense company said Monday Evans will oversee several initiatives such as the F-35, ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has said public and private sector collaboration is critical in solving the current space debris problem that threatens U.S. economic and national security, ExecutiveBiz reported May 14. Desch wrote in a USA Today opinion piece published May 14 ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has won a $3.7 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency study social science modeling approaches in order to understand complex social systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. APL said Wednesday it has partnered with JHU Whitin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed the delivery of eight AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Indonesia™s army as part of a foreign military sale agreement with the U.S. government, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, who received the helicopters during a turnover cerem...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Accenture (NYSE: ACN) federal services business executive Mary Legere has been honored with Women in Technology’s Women in Defense Technology Leadership Award in recognition of her work in the defense sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said the retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and ...
The General Services Administration plans to launch a potential $2.5 billion competition to update the government payroll and work schedule and leave management systems. A FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Thursday says GSA considers awarding one or two blanket purchase agreements with a performance period of between 10 and 13 years unde...
The U.S. Army has started seeking potential contractors that can support the information technology projects of the Army Information Systems Engineering Command under a potential five-year, $600 million re-compete program. The effort is part of the federal government™s plan to resume the Total Engineering and Integration Services program, ...
