TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has delivered the sixth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for their launch on May 19, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the five satellites will undergo pre-launch processing proce...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2018 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has secured approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its collaboration platform to government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Federal Times reported Wednesday that John Hamilton, manager of operations for FedRAMP, unveiled the authorization ...
The Week’s Top GovCon News Stories View this email in your browser Weekly Roundup April 23 – April 27, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Executive Mosaic’s Weekly GovCon Round-Up: Executive Moves, Top 10 Stories & Wash100’s Last Days to Vote Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO Executive Move...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has entered into a partnership with Virsec in an effort to provide customers in the global government and critical infrastructure sectors access to commercial cybersecurity technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Virsec’s Trusted Execution platform will leverage Ra...
Wittenberg Weiner Consulting has won a potential five-year, $200 million contract to help U.S. Special Operations Command implement joint collective training and exercises. USSOCOM received 10 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive 8(a) set-aside acquisition process, the Defense Depar...
A Leonardo DRS subsidiary has won a potential $261.9 million contract to produce radar systems for the U.S. Navy and Japan to fulfill a foreign military sales agreement. DRS Laurel Technologies will produce up to 59 AN/SPQ-9B ASMD radars and associated equipment under the firm-fixed-price contract that has an initial value of $64.3 mi...
John Elbon, a 35-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has succeeded Dan Collins as chief operating officer at United Launch Alliance. ULA said Thursday Elbon most recently served as vice president and general manager of the space exploration division at Boeing’s defense, space and security business. In this capacity, he led the unit...
The Siemens Corporation announced Thursday that Barbara Humpton, chief executive officer of Siemens Government Technologies, and a four-time Wash100 winner, has been promoted to CEO for the company’s entire U.S. operations. The move takes effect June 1st. œI am honored to work with the 50,000 Siemens employees in the U.S. to add...
Melanie Heitkamp, formerly senior vice president of human resources at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) defense and intelligence group, has been appointed SVP and chief HR officer of L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) in a move slated to take effect May 21. L3 said Thursday Heitkamp will succeed the retiring Kevin Weiss and oversee the compan...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will help maintain F/A-18 Hornets of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft fleet under a potential 10-year, $427 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The sole-source contract covers the delivery and management of consumable materials for the structural repair, modification and depot le...
