Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a $303.9 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy for low-rate initial production of three lot 2 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also provide one main operation control station, one forward operation control statio...
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has established a new federal subsidiary that will work to deliver cybersecurity platforms to the public sector and has appointed executives that will serve on the subsidiary™s board of directors. The company said Monday Mike McConnell, former director of the National Security Agency and head of national intell...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2017 ” A Deloitte study reports that U.S. aerospace and defense exports continue to grow but at a slower pace in 2016 compared to previous years due to a number of factors in the international market, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday A&D accounted for 10 percent of total U.S....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Vice President Nevin Carr, who also serves as the company’s U.S. Navy strategic account executive, has joined the board of directors of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, GovCon Executive reported Friday. “Nevin™s proven track record of driving growt...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2017 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has opened a new office in South Carolina as the company works to expand its digital solutions business to provide technology support to federal government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the 75,000-square-foot Charleston Digital Hub is proj...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2017 ” Thales has unveiled a new cybersecurity facility in Hong Kong as part of efforts to deliver cyber surveillance services to customers in the Asia-Pacific market, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Asia-based hub is its fifth Cybersecurity Operations Center in the world and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will work to design, develop and manufacture three units of the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar system for the U.S. Air Force under a potential $52.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform...
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice have tripled their spending on equipment and services related to the Internet of Things (IoT) over the past six years, spending $600 million on the smart security industry, a new study by contracting intelligence firm Govini finds. Spending on software applications and cloud inc...
Mary Lou Prevost, vice president of state and local government and education at CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA), has said state government agencies should adopt a single identification system coupled with automation platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Prevost wrote that an automation-equipped single ID system could help reduce...
India™s defense ministry looks to purchase $2 billion worth of Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers for six regiments within 18 months, Defense News reported Thursday. The proposed acquisition came five months after the ministry ordered India-made rocket launchers worth approximately $350 million for two regiments. Larsen & Toubro and ...
