The U.S. Army has awarded eight companies positions on a potential nine-year, $3.04 billion contract to support research and development of space or high-altitude and missile defense technologies. Contractors will vie for task orders to help the Army design, build, integrate, demonstrate and provide domain-one services for hardware and sof...
Robin Lineberger, lead client service partner for the aerospace and defense industry practice at Deloitte, has been named global and U.S. leader for the professional services firm™s A&D segment. He will succeed the retiring Tom Captain, a 36-year company veteran who is set to retire by the end of fiscal year 2017, and oversee the ...
Vencore has received a potential $113 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to perform systems engineering services in support of environmental satellites. The company said Thursday it will work with NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service to sustain legacy ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index climbed Thursday on strong gains by large aerospace primes and services contractors as all three major U.S. stock indices hit record highs in intraday trade after President Donald Trump said he would give a tax policy announcement in the next few weeks. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggards by a 5-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2017 ” Eight Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) employees will receive recognition for their contributions to the company and the community at the three-day Black Engineer of the Year Awards science, technology, engineering and math event, GovCon Executive said Tuesday. Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone will pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has adopted DigitalGlobe‘s (NYSE: DGI) geospatial big data analytics platform to support the development of new commercial products designed to provide precision coordinates and three-dimensional maps, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Di...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2017 ” The Australian defense ministry will debut the country’s new Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35A fighter jets and a Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft at the Australian International Airshow on March 3, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Australian De...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has named CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) a Managed Service Partner to allow the latter to offer proactive cloud monitoring, automation and management services to its clients, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CSRA said Tuesday it received the designation after it underwe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2017 ” A new Research and Markets report has stated that BAE Systems, CAE (NYSE: CAE), L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Thales are among the key players in the global unmanned aerial vehicle flight training and simulation market, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesda...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a potential five-year, $170 million contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency conduct outreach, research and training efforts as part of DTRA’s cooperative biological engagement and threat reduction programs. The company said Wednesday it will support both programs throug...
