TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2017 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) has started the operations of four maritime vessel tracking receivers that are hosted on the Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) satellites launched in January, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Iridium Next-hosted payloads work to track an estimated 250,000 ships around the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled the first Japan-assembled F-35A fighter aircraft during a ceremony held at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-run F-35 final assembly and check out facility in Nagoya, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The aircraft is the first of 38 F-35As that will roll out of the FACO ...
Homeland Security agents are not actively targeting Dreamers for deportation, Secretary John F. Kelly told the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday. œWe are not, not, not targeting DACA registrants right now, said Kelly. Dreamers are illegal immigrants that were approved for tentative status in 2012 under President Obama’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2017 ” BAE Systems has developed a new “movement intelligence” function for its geospatial analysis software products that will work to support the identification of threats based on motion and activity, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the MOVINT tool on the Geospatial...
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday in a tweet that he will nominate former assistant U.S. attorney general Christopher Wray to head up the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.) “I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow,” Trump wrote in th...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Harris (NYSE: HRS) a potential five-year, $500 million contract to develop a software platform for NGA’s data search and retrieval activities. The company said Tuesday it will develop the software to help NGA analysts and customers process content from multiple intelligence...
John Temple, formerly vice president of contracts and supply chain management for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, has been appointed VP of strategic sourcing at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division. HII said Tuesday he will oversee the division’s sourcing and procurement...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has won a potential $106 million contract from the U.S. Navy to carry out the fiscal 2017 dry-docking phased maintenance availability of the USS Makin Island amphibious assault ship. The Defense Department said Tuesday that General Dynamics’ NASSCO business will perform ship maintenance, ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index pulled back for the second day to break through 95.00 to close down 0.729 percent to 94.680. Decliners outpaced advancers 13 to 1. The two gainers on the day were Navistar International (NYSE:NAV) up 3.03 percent, and Leidos Holdings up 0.09 percent. The three U.S. indices continued yesterdays retreat clos...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP) has entered into a strategic partnership with CounterTack to integrate technologies and develop an endpoint security tool for the government and commercial sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. CounterTack said Wednesday its Endpoint Threat Platform will ut...
