KeyW Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW) has named John Sutton, formerly head of Vencore™s defense, civilian and homeland security group, as chief operating officer and 22-year employee care and recruitment professional Marion Ruzecki as chief people officer. Sutton will succeed the departing COO Mark Willard on May 15, KeyW said Wednesday. ...
KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services business has received a five-year, $442 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide engineering services in support of NASA‘s space exploration missions. KBRwyle will support ground systems and operations for more than 20 missions managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Fli...
Dennis Via, a retired U.S. Army general, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) as a senior executive adviser and fellow for defense futures to help craft the company’s defense market strategy. Booz Allen said Wednesday the more than 36-year military veteran will also work with defense, intelligence and homeland security cli...
A business unit of General Atomics has received a $221.6 million contract modification to supply with U.S. Army with extended-range Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, associated hardware and support. The Defense Department said Wednesday that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will deliver 20 extended-range UAS uni...
The technology company InquisIT LLC announced Thursday it won a $14.7 million contract with the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) at Ft. Belvoir, Va. As part of the five-year contract, InquisIT LLC will provide enterprise IT infrastructure and application support to the Army. The company will be responsible for a wide ra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2017 ” Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has said he believes the company will reach the halfway mark by July in its integration of Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) former information systems and global solutions business, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Krone, an inductee int...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2017 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) will provide training on remotely piloted aircraft operations to the United Arab Emirates’ air forces under a potential $40.9 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the contract covers a combination of academic, simulator and live-flying RPA...
The decision on whether to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan has not yet been made, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. DOD News reported that Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said national security leaders have not presented President Donald J. Trump with Afghanistan troop recommendations for the years 2017 and beyond. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2017 ” Hughes Network Systems has unveiled the new HM500 ruggedized manpack terminal offering that will serve to support portable satellite communications for military and other customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the multi-band transportable terminal can be utilized i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2017 ” Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) OpenStack platform will work to facilitate cloud services at the Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in support of scientific and computational research projects, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday ORNL will use the open source p...
