TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received recognition from the 2020 Women on Boards organization for its effort to establish gender diversity in the composition of its board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday this is the second year that 2020 Women on B...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2017 ” The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-16 fighter jet has received clearance from the U.S. Air Force for an extended service life from an equivalent 8,000 to 12,000 flight hours, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it worked with the Air Force to cut projected service li...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2017 ” An Orbital ATK-built (NYSE: OA) Cygnus spacecraft nicknamed S.S. John Glenn will launch to the International Space Station on April 18 as part of the company’s seventh cargo resupply mission with NASA, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The space agency said Wednesday an Atlas V rocket will&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2017 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) plans to submit a bid on NASA‘s upcoming Advanced Computing Services contract and build on its high-performance computing portfolio as part of its proposal, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lynn Dugle, CEO of Engility and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 fo...
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has wrapped up its purchase of airline cabin equipment provider B/E Aerospace (Nasdaq: BEAV) for approximately $8.6 billion in a push to diversify and expand its product portfolio and accelerate its global growth initiatives. The companies originally disclosed the $6.4 billion cash-and-stock transaction in Octo...
Rolls-Royce has won a five-year, $372.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide depot-level repair for the AE21000D3 engines of KC-130J aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps and Kuwait. The Defense Department said Thursday the Naval Air Systems Command received three offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefin...
Last week was a short trading week with markets closed on Friday in observance of the Easter holiday. The markets fell as banks reported earnings and stocks were down. GovCon Index decliners outpaced advancers at a ratio of 6 to 1. At market close WTI was positive $0.07 to close at $53.18 per barrel as...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Remote Video Surveillance System has secured full operational capability status from the Customs and Border Protection agency following two years of field tests, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the system was deployed along the southern U....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will host the three-day Multi-Domain Command and Control wargame at its Center for Innovation in Virginia to demonstrate air, cyber and space domain integration in support of command-and-control operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 ” NTT Group‘s specialized security company has created a Global Threat Intelligence Center that will serve as a platform for the company’s intelligence resources to coordinate efforts to address security challenges, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday GTIC will r...
