TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will design, build and test a demonstration spacecraft for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in support of efforts to use a hypersonic aircraft that would bring national security payloads to space with less cost and time spent, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. DARPA said Wednesday&n...
The fate of the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program remains uncertain, as members of Congress debated its battlefield communications performance. Senators were divided on “whether to accelerate or do away with the program,” reported C4ISR, as concern has spread about the slow pace of the WI...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will utilize Crossmatch‘s palm and fingerprint scanners to support efforts to update the U.K. criminal booking system by December 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Crossmatch said Wednesday its L Scan 1000 palm scanner will work to add high-speed and high-quality...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will supply 0.50-caliber ammunition to the U.S. Army under orders worth $76 million combined following a similar order for small-caliber rounds in April, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its defense systems group will produce the ammunition at its Lake ...
A CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $266 million contract to provide information technology support services for the Environmental Protection Agency. SRA International will work to operate EPA’s application platforms and infrastructure in support of the agency’s office of information technology operations a...
Five companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $249 million contract from the U.S. Army to support the military branch’s security assistance training programs in seven countries. The Defense Department said Thursday that American Systems, Integration Innovation, Mag DS, Resicum International and Spec...
James Cannon, a more than 16-year veteran of Stanley Black & Decker, will serve as president and CEO of Wilsonville, Oregon-based sensor design and manufacturing firm FLIR Systems beginning June 19. He will succeed Andrew Teich, who is due to retire in February after an 18-year career at Flir, the com...
Parsons has secured a five-year contract to continue to help the National Nuclear Security Administration plan and manage construction projects. The company said Thursday it will conduct project planning, budgeting, design, construction, procurement, commissioning and closeout efforts under the follow-on Enterprise...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured an $89 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the service branch incorporate a Block II infrared search and track system into the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Thursday that Boeing will provide initial design and development, prototyping hardware procureme...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has completed updates to the terminal software, hardware and automation systems at a Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in New York as part of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s national airspace modernization project, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company sa...
