Huntington Ingalls Industries™ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has promoted Jason Ward to vice president of Columbia-class submarine construction and named Dave Bolcar as VP for the Virginia-class submarine development program. Ward and Bolcar will directly report to Ken Mahler, VP of Navy programs at Newport News Shipbuilding, H...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 21, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled a prototype habitat structure that it has built for future NASA deep space missions as part of a research and development contract awarded in 2016, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday that the 22-foot-long cylindrical habitat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 21, 2018 ” A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has launched a program that aims to fund nonprofit organizations focused on community initiatives that support the Hampton Roads region in Virginia, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday Newport News Shipbuilding‘s new philanthro...
James Lackey, formerly senior vice president of the defense systems group at Quantum Research International, has joined Parsons™ federal business as VP for simulation and integration services. Parsons said Friday Lackey will manage a portfolio of hardware integration, intelligence and simulation development support offerings...
General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a $133.9M Missile Defense Agency contract to develop, integrate and test a new sensor for use with the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. The company will test the sensor in realistic conditions at locations within and outside the continental U.S., the Defense...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 20, 2018 ” Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) hosted a demonstration to close an eight-week NASA research program that focused on using artificial intelligence to address challenges in space science and exploration missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the NASA Frontier Development Lab Event Hor...
Kevin Wideman, a three-decade government contracting veteran, has been named CEO of Chantilly, Va.-based Koniag Government Services. He will oversee KGS’ efforts to deliver management consulting, application development and other shared services to government clients at the federal, state and local levels, KGS said Friday. Widem...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $152.5M contract from the U.S. Navy to update a sensor technology designed to help F/A-18E/F Super Hornet pilots locate targets at a long distance. The company will design, develop, integrate and test the Block II Infrared Search and Track system as part of an engineering change phase,&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 17, 2018 ” Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said a multicloud strategy that includes an assessment of applications will help federal agencies build on the cloud as a business operating model, ExecutiveBiz reported July 31. FedScoop reported July 30 that Chehreh caution...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has closed its purchase of CSRA™s former systems engineering and acquisition services business unit from General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) for $84M to expand support work for the U.S. Navy. Arlington, Va.-based CACI said Thursday it expects the acquisition to add approximately $150M to its revenue for fi...
