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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...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2017 ” Serco will collaborate with Content Guru to deliver the latter’s storm cloud-based communications integration platform to provide contact center support for the public sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The platform will work to streamline communications from the public through social media, emai...
The Census Bureau announced Tuesday that Director John Thompson will leave the agency next month. The 27 year agency veteran, who has led the agency since 2013, steps down amid costs about funding concerns. Though his five-year term expired in December, he had been expected to stay on through at least the end of this year, report...
Government information technology services contractor STG Group has pushed back its plan to finalize purchase of Preferred Systems Solutions from the first quarter of 2017 to the end of June. Reston, Virginia-based STG said Tuesday it raised the acquisition price of PSS to $119.8 million and offered to pay $925,000 in advance as a result o...
