An applied research laboratory within University of Texas at Austin has secured a potential five-year, $1.1 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to research, develop, engineer, test and evaluate multiple technology platforms for the Defense Department. DoD said Wednesday the laboratory will support the department’s R&D efforts in vario...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential seven-year, $450 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to apply an integrated engineering change proposal to the Small Diameter Bomb II weapon. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers design, development, integration, test and production engineering to modify the ...
BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integration unit has received a $64.5 million contract to design, develop, manufacture and sustain an armament tester system for the U.S. Air Force‘s bomber aircraft fleet. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contractor will support the engineering and manufacturing developm...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) reached a new high closing up 0.805 percent to 107.295. Advancing shares outpaced declining 3 to 1. The major indices moved upward on speculation that President Trump’s tax-cut plan could become a reality by year end. The S&P500 closed up 0.41 percent to 2,507.04,&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2017 ” Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) business in Australia has utilized virtual reality and simulation technology to build a training platform for NASA‘s future CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the trainer is part of its space research and develop...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2017 ” A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has unveiled a new unmanned ground vehicle designed to meet Defense Department interoperability standards in order to accommodate future updates and support various missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Remotec‘s Noma...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2017 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) has unveiled a new facility in Singapore that will serve to help Asia-Pacific customers adopt open source and DevOps approaches in their information technology applications, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the first Red Hat Open Innovation Labs hub in the region...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2017 ” BAE Systems aims to establish a digital shipyard in Australia to support the construction of nine anti-submarine warfare ships for the country’s navy as part of the company’s bid for the SEA 5000 Future Frigate contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thurs...
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...
