TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 14, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is set to open a new facility in Albuquerque, N.M., that is aimed to generate additional job opportunities in the region as the company works to drive growth in its aerospace business, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Albuquerque Journal reported Wednesday that a sp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 14, 2018 ” Phil Carrai, president of the Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) technology and training solutions division, has highlighted the growing importance of ground systems amid recent trends in the increasingly competitive satellite telecommunications industry, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has landed a spot on a potential $501M contract vehicle from the Department of Defense to support joint force development programs. The company said Friday it will compete for task orders to provide cybersecurity, planning, execution and analysis services for Joint Chi...
Dr. Marie Sandrock, deputy director of the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office, oversees SCO™s mission to develop new and innovative technologies to shape and counter emerging threats across all domains, bringing game-changing capabilities to the Joint Force. As SCO™s deputy director, Dr. Sandrock™s top priority f...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has appointed Robert Helm, Thomas Kirchmaier and Elizabeth Schmid to new positions, effective April 1. Helm, senior vice president for planning and development, will serve as special adviser to the CEO and will continue to support strategic initiatives of the company, General Dynamics said Friday. Kirchmaie...
Robert Cleave, a 13-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and founder of satellite operator Xtar, has been named chief revenue officer of space launch company Vector. He will lead a line of business as well as budgeting, customer acquisition and partnership efforts in his new position, Vector said Thursday. The three-d...
Textron (NYSE: TXT) closed its acquisition of Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle maker Howe & Howe Technologies on Dec. 17, Defense News reported Thursday. Textron announced its intent to buy Howe & Howe in October 2018 in a push to expand its autonomous technology offerings across land, air and maritime d...
Thomas Gillespie, director of the Department of Defense Information Analysis Centers, has provided the agency with strategic studies and built communities of interest in areas of critical importance, including cyber operations, weapon systems and homeland defense. In September, DoD signed 15 companies to a potential nine-year, $28B contract for tech...
Information technology trade group CompTIA has expanded its public sector practice through its merger with the Public Technology Institute in an effort to facilitate collaboration between industry and local government officials. CompTIA said Tuesday it will incorporate PTI™s corporate members into its State & Local Government and Educa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 9, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has said commercial software development could be a key focus of the Department of Defense in 2019 as it works to accelerate weapons systems procurement, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “Focusing on commerci...
