Howell Estes, a board member at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) since October 2017, has been named chairman of the company™s board of directors in a move that will take effect Jan. 1. He will succeed Robert Phillips, who will continue to serve on the board, the company said Thursday. “Howell’s wealth of experience in service to...
Two companies have landed spots on a potential eight-year, $264M contract for engineering and technical support services to NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. Analytical Mechanics Associates and New Horizons Aeronautics will vie for task orders under the ETSS indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, NASA&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 13, 2018 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) is set to open a new technology hub in West Virginia next year as part of efforts to consolidate its two existing facilities in Monongalia County, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. WV News reported Monday that Leidos’ future Agile Center of Excellence at the Westridge business...
Four companies have secured spots on a potential five-year, $325M contract to provide research, development, test and evaluation support services for the Department of Homeland Security. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says Engility (NYSE: EGL), ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), Noblis and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC)...
Henry Chao, a more than two-decade veteran of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been appointed chief technology officer at Columbia, Md.-based health information technology contractor FEI Systems. FEI said Tuesday Chao will oversee the development of service offerings for CMS and state Medicaid programs and coor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 12, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has entered into a partnership with Amazon Web Services in an effort to enable customers to access satellite data and send satellite commands via the cloud even with unexpected outages or disturbances, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 28. The AWS Ground Station service will opera...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 10, 2018 ” Keith Salisbury, vice president of Pivotal Software‘s (NYSE: PVTL) federal business, has said approaches that help accelerate the development of applications will work to help the U.S. build its military edge in future wars, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 9. He said in an interview posted Nov. 7 tha...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 10, 2018 ” Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) will continue work with the U.S. Air Force under a potential $49.8M contract to help build systems that detect nuclear detonation in an effort to supplement nuclear treaty monitoring requirements, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 7. The company said Nov. 5 the Expert Scienti...
General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary will continue to provide lead yard support and conduct development studies and design efforts for the U.S. Navy™s Virginia-class submarines through the end of fiscal year 2019 under a $346.5M contract modification. The modification covers maintenance, engineering, design improvement, sy...
Herman Shelanski, former inspector general of the U.S. Navy, has been named vice president of business development at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division. The retired vice admiral will report to Newport Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin, the company said Thursday. œDuring his tenure, he b...
