Seven companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $248.5 million contract to provide multiple unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Wednesday contractors will compete for task orders covering long-range reconnaissance surveillance and medium-range mobile UAS; a government-owned tactical open ar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International‘s flagship program to support the F-35 Joint Program Office is a finalist for the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum’s “Government Project of the Year” award for 2018, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. “This is a signi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Matt Mulherin, retired president of Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding business, has received recognition from the Navy League for his work on ship construction and maintenance projects, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. HII said Monday the Navy League presented t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) targets May 19 to launch the Iridium-6 rideshare mission aboard SpaceX™s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Iridium said Monday the mission is the sixth Iridium NEXT launch overall and would increase the total...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced that General Electric (NYSE: GE), United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) and Triumph Aerostructures will help on its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy™s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. GE and United Techn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Tapestry Solutions, a subsidiary of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has unveiled its Enterprise Sensor Integration software system at BAE Systems™ Nashua, New Hampshire, facility, as part of the U.K.-based firm™s efforts to modernize its manufacturing operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Boeing said Monday...
Sean Palleschi, formerly associate finance director of aerostructures division at United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) aerospace systems business, has joined Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense segment as vice president of financial operations and controller. Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statement publishe...
The U.S. Army has ordered more than $115 million worth of 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 caliber rounds from Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA). Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce the ammunition at a U.S. government-owned, contractor-operated manufacturing plant located in Independence, Missouri. The company has invested more than in rese...
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced plans to field the same electronic health record system that the Defense Department currently adopts, Healthcare IT News reported Tuesday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the Defense Health Agency plans to execute a contract modification in order to incorporate the Coast Guard into a potential 10-year, $4.3 ...
Jim Garrettson, president and CEO of Executive Mosaic, a leading media and events hosting company in the government contracting market, on Tuesday presented Terry Hagen, president of Jacobs™ aerospace & technology division, with his 2018 Wash 100 award. The Wash100, now in its fifth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful...
