TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2017 ” Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has provided the short-range ballistic missile that served as the target system during a recent U.S. Navy test of the AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday its space and missile defense systems unit su...
Phillip Mazzocco, former vice president of sector security at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Peraton as chief security officer at the Herndon, Virginia-based communications, space and technology services contractor. He previously led security operations for Leidos’ national security programs and a security team that supported t...
Los Alamos National Security has received a potential six-month, $65 million contract extension from the Energy Department to continue to perform environmental remediation work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Bridge Contract will run through March 31, 2018, and covers soil and water remediation...
Bernie Guerry, an 11-year veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been promoted to chief operating officer of the Falls Church, Virginia-based defense contractor™s information technology division. He will directly report to Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, and continue to serve as senior vice president an...
A joint venture led by AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has received a three-year, $928 million contract extension from the Energy Department to oversee the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. Nuclear Waste Partnership will continue to operate and manage the WIPP underground repository built to dispose of transuranic radioactive waste materia...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has made a series of leadership changes after Chief Operating Officer Gloria Flach and Sid Ashworth, corporate vice president for government relations, announced plans to retire by the end of December. Kathy Warden, corporate VP and president of Northrop™s mission systems business, will transition to new roles as pr...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up 0.478 percent to 106.661. Advancing shares outpaced declining 3 to 1. The major indices barely changed on the day as Janet Yellen gave a caution to tightening monetary too gradually. The S&P500 closed at 2,496.84 up 0.01 percent, while the DJIA fell 0.05 percent to 22,284...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2017 ” Space Systems Loral will support Innoflight in efforts to develop a simulation environment that will work to host cybersecurity tests on U.S. Air Force payloads aboard commercial satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. SSL said Sept. 19 the team will develop the simulation platform for the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2017 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will conduct a study on soldier vulnerability in extreme conditions under a potential $49.5 million contract from the U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Thursday Johns Hopkins APL will perform work throug...
Elbit Systems (Nasdaq: ESLT) has received a two-year, $240 million contract from an unnamed African country to provide directed infrared countermeasure systems that work to defend aircraft against shoulder-fired missiles. The company said Tuesday it will also supply the customer with missile warning, radio, communications and sma...
