Germany™s military has cleared a plan to start the competition for a potential $4.72 billion contract to purchase 45 to 60 heavy-lift helicopters to replace its current fleet of CH-53G aircraft, Reuters reported Friday. A source said Gen. Volker Wieker, chief of staff of the German Bundeswehr, signed Thursday a document to mark the start...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2017 ” Avaya will support the North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s annual program to track “Santa Claus” during Christmas with a contact center platform that will work to accommodate calls from the public, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Avaya ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2017 ” Space Systems Loral has partnered with the University of Michigan and NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on a project that seeks to launch small satellites to study the sun and how solar energetic particles are emitted into interplanetary space, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Maxar Technologies&nb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will develop, update and provide support services for U.S. Navy ship management training devices under a potential $49.3 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers services in support of the Navigation, ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2017 ” Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has appointed Irving Tan, senior vice president for business operations in Asia Pacific and Japan, to the newly expanded role of SVP for operations and digital transformation, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Thursday Tan will work with the sales and e...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2017 ” The first Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) GPS III satellite has established a connection with the launch-and-checkout system of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) ground control segment during a U.S. Air Force factory mission readiness test, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesd...
BAE Systems has received a seven-year contract worth approximately $267.5 million from the British defense ministry to help sustain availability of combat systems onboard U.K. navy ships. The company said Thursday it will maintain equipment availability, address obsolescence and update the combat systems of 38 ships under the Joint Support...
David Kushner, formerly senior director of federal civilian sales at ViON, has been appointed vice president of federal sales at the Herndon, Virginia-based government information technology contractor. In his recent capacity, Kushner worked with clients to help them implement analytic and cloud computing strategies meant to address operational effi...
A United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) subsidiary has received a potential eight-year, $6.7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain F119 aircraft engines for the U.S. Air Force. Pratt and Whitney will perform contract work through December 2025 under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 ” A joint survey by Deloitte and Government Business Council has found that cloud is key to the work of a majority of the 536 federal employees from over 29 defense and federal agencies included in the poll, ExecutiveGov reported Wednesday. The professional services firm said Tuesday more tha...
