Shareholders at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates have separately approved the deal originally announced in February for MDA to buy the Westminster, Colorado-based Earth imaging services provider in an estimated $3.6 billion transaction. Holders of approximately 93 percent of shares in ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential three-year, $276.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to support the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the CH-47F Chinook Block II program. The Army received one bid for the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated $27.3 million in fiscal ...
The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit a potential 10-year, $155 million contract to provide ground-based flight and mission operations support for the Landsat 8 satellite. General Dynamics Mission Systems will also develop and integrate a Landsat multisatellite operations facility at Goddard Space Flight ...
Leonardo DRS has received an $82.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply forward-looking infrared thermal receiver units to five countries under a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will provide Horizontal Technology Integration second generation receivers ...
A Chenega Corp. subsidiary has won a potential four-year, $70 million contract to provide analyst and linguist support services to the U.S. Air Force‘s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and cyberspace wings. Kapsuun Group will support ground and airborne linguists in efforts to deliver intelligence and cyberspace intelligence data ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed down today at 98.555, ending its five day positive streak. Advancers were outpaced by decliners today at 6 to 24. The major indices closed mixed on the day with the S&P500 closing down at 2,475.43, while DJIA closed up at 21,797.88. The NASDAQ Composite dropped today, closing at 6,382.19. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” Jones Tallent, chief financial officer of Merlin International, has said the company is building on its work in the federal marketplace, particularly in the government healthcare sector, where it provides cybersecurity and information technology products and services. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” A Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary will supply the government of Afghanistan with five additional ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems under a $19.6 million order from the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the award to Insitu also cove...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” BAE Systems has unveiled a wireless sensor system based on the Bluetooth technology that works to assess the operational condition of military bridging platforms and determine the need for maintenance work, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the sensing tool serves to moni...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has partnered with CyberSponse to integrate the latter’s automated incident response and security orchestration technology into the defense company’s managed security services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Raytheon said Tuesday its Virtual-Security ...
