Boeing (NYSE: BA) has expanded the responsibilities of Greg Smith, chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate development and strategy, to include leadership over business performance, innovation and corporate functional excellence. Smith will have the dual role of CFO and EVP for enterprise performance and strategy begin...
The former Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Lt. Gen. David Deptula has a new report that offers the Defense Department suggestions as it writes a 25-year plan for unmanned aircraft. The U.S. military needs to overhaul the way it is buying and managing drones, says Deptula, who is now...
Engility (NYSE: EGL) has received a potential five-year, $119 million contract to support a national-level logistics enterprise resource planning system used at various U.S. Army and Defense Department facilities. The company said Wednesday it will provide subject matter expertise, administrative support, program and product managemen...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a $90.8 million contract to refurbish components on the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of F/A-18 Hornet multirole aircraft. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Raytheon will provide 206 retrofit components and four validation and verification kits for F/A-18 Configuration D as part of three eng...
Arcturus UAV has won a spot under a potential five-year, $475 million contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for mid-endurance unmanned aircraft systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract has four one-year ordering periods followed by one six-month orderi...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Infoscitex a four-year, $70 million contract modification to support the military branch’s aerospace technology and simulation-based research and development efforts. Infoscitex will provide R&D services in areas such as flight control laws, cooperative control autonomy, vehicle integrity management...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down for the second day to 94.474 off 0.624 percent. Decliners outpaced advancers 4 to 1. The major indices all closed down with the S&P500 and DJIA continuing their slide from 6/19. The NASDAQ continuing it’s downward trend from 6/23. Markets showed hesitancy over Republicans slow movemen...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) could use SpaceX‘s pre-flown first-stage Falcon 9 rocket boosters to launch future Iridium Next satellites depending on the impact to cost, reliability and the schedule, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported June 20 that the company will...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2017 ” Noblis has received recognition as one of the “Top Workplaces” in the greater Washington, D.C., region for 2017 under the category for large employers, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said June 20 this is the fourth consecutive year that it has been included in the annual...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2017 ” BAE Systems has delivered the first of Oman’s 12-unit Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft order during a ceremony held Wednesday at the Adam Airbase in Oman, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday it rolled out the Eurofighter alongside the first of eight Hawk trainer aircra...
