TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) and the First Responder Network Authority continue to work on state plans for the implementation of a national public safety broadband network under the 25-year FirstNet program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. FirstNet CEO Mike Poth said in a blog post published Monday the team aim...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has purchased Advatech Pacific™s electronics and communications division for an undisclosed amount in a move to grow cybersecurity technology and service offerings for clients in intelligence and defense markets. The acquired business will be integrated into General Dynamics™ mission sys...
The U.S. Transportation Command has selected three companies to provide rotary-wing airlift services within the U.S. Central Command‘s area of responsibility under separate indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth up to $948.8 million combined over four years. The Defense Department said Wednesday the ba...
Jennifer Boykin, vice president of engineering and design at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been promoted to president of the division and executive vice president of the company, effective July 1. She will succeed Matt Mulherin, who will retire from the company by Aug. 1 ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a five-year, $143.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to modify Saudi Arabia’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters as part of a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Boeing will implement a directed change for 24 Apaches of the Saudi Arabian na...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down 0.306 percent to 92.383 as decliners outpaced advancers 2 to 1. Major markets closed mixed as the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and the U.S. economy is showing weakness At market close WTI was down $0.43 compared to the market open of $48.12 per barrel. Today Market ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2017 ” Altamira Technologies has participated in a leadership conference hosted by The Women™s Center in April that served to facilitate discussions, networking and career development for female leaders in the public and private sectors, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday speakers...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2017 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has unveiled that eight of the Iridium Next satellites that launched in January have started data and voice transmissions by mid-April, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. “We completed the commissioning of these Iridium Next satellites about one wee...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2017 ” Deloitte has secured Certified Incident Response Assistance designation from the National Security Agency for a suite of incident response and intrusion detection services that work to support national security systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the CIRA accr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has completed a test of the attitude control motor on the launch abort system of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Orion spacecraft to verify the motor’s capability to perform in case of an aborted mission, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NASA and Lockheed pers...
