TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2016 ” General Atomics has flown the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper extended-range, long-wing variant during a demonstration at the Gray Butte Flight Test Facility in February, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Feb. 25 the flight test sought to check the remotely piloted aircraft’s airwort...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2016 ” Fluor (NYSE: FLR) will work with several partners to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the future Purple Line light rail system in Maryland as part of a $2 billion project, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its Purple Line Transit Partners, Purple L...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2016 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has partnered with Darkblade Systems to develop mobile applications for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the Defense Department‘s mentor-protege program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Booz Allen said Thursday it will also help the service-...
San Jose, Calif.-based data technology provider MapR Technologies has appointed three-decade industry veteran Douglas Natal as vice president and general manager of the company’s federal government business. MapR said Thursday Natal joins the company in conjunction with the opening of new offices in McLean, Virginia to focus on ...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Leda Chong, formerly senior vice president for strategic planning, as SVP for government programs and sales. Gulfstream said Wednesday Chong will report to Gulfstream President Mark Burns and oversee global government and special mission sales and marketing...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded seven companies positions on a potential $500 million contract to provide architect-engineering environmental services to the service branch. The firms join a list of awardees that will compete to perform environmental compliance, restoration, base realignment and closures, military family housing and operations and ma...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) NASSCO will maintain the USS Essex amphibious assault ship under a $156.5 million add-on contract for phased maintenance availability. The company will perform depot-level maintenance and overhaul to update the ship’s military and technical systems, General Dynamics said Thursday. General Dynamics will carry ou...
Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded an $89.4 million contract to further develop an unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the second and third phases of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s VTOL X-Plane program. DARPA received three offers for the acquisition program and is obligating&n...
Troy Clarke, CEO of Navistar International (NYSE: NAV), has indicated that the company could look to partner with other companies to boost sales of its military and commercial truck offerings, Reuters reported Wednesday. Nick Carey writes some analysts have said Navistar is a potential target for partnership or acquisition ...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a three-month, $9.3 million contract modification to continue its lifecycle sustainment services for the U.S. Navy™s access control systems as well as command, control, computers, communications and intelligence platforms. The modification brings the total contract value to $107.1 million, the...
