U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plays a starring role in President Donald Trump™s new executive orders, and CBP chief Ronald Vitiello spoke Wednesday morning at the Potomac Officers Club about the new opportunities and challenges ahead. Since Trump™s election, CBP has seen a œdramatic change in the flow of people coming to th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has entered into an agreement with Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) in which the former will act as a managed security service provider of the latter’s Security Fabric products to government and commercial customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Leidos said Tuesday its Fortinet offerin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has unveiled a new 30,000-square-foot, $5 million warehouse near Farmington, New Mexico, that serves to expand an existing 95,000-square-foot production and storage facility in Dine, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the overall facility houses missile parts in s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2017 ” The fifth Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Mobile User Objective System satellite is now able to support legacy ultra-high-frequency radios to provide beyond-line-of-sight communications to the military, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the U.S. Navy collaborated with Arm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its teaming partner Saab have conducted a flight test on a second production-ready T-X trainer aircraft as part of a U.S. Air Force program to replace the T-38, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The test sought to validate the aircraft’s design and performance following...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has secured a potential five-year, $229 million task order to provide business intelligence support services for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection‘s office of information and technology. The task order was awarded through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Enterprise Acquisition...
Diane Giuliani, formerly senior vice president of business operations at Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) systems business, has been appointed as SVP of global business development and strategy at Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) global defense segment. She will report to Cubic Global Defense President Dave Buss and be responsible for implem...
Mission Essential has secured a potential five-year, $695 million task order from the U.S. Army‘s Intelligence and Security Command to carry out language and cultural advisory services. The company said Tuesday it will provide services under the force projection mission area of the Defense Language Interpretation Translation Enterp...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Beechcraft subsidiary has landed a one-year, $88.2 million “undefinitized” contract with the U.S. Air Force to build trainer aircraft and provide maintenance support and pilot training services for Argentina’s air force as part of a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Tuesday Be...
Brett Jackson, former CEO and chairman of embedded analytics firm Logi Analytics, has joined Digital Reasoning as CEO of the Nashville, Tennessee-based cognitive computing services contractor. Digital Reasoning said Thursday Jackson succeeds Tim Estes, who has transitioned to the role of president, and will oversee the compa...
