The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to 12 companies to support the Department of Agriculture™s information technology modernization efforts under the second phase of the Centers of Excellence program. USDA serves as the first “lighthouse” agency for the CoE program and the Phase II awards came two months after ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 1, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has implemented an agile development approach to update the baseline software of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System used by the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 19. FlightGlobal reported Sept. 19 that the agile method has worked to help Raytheon introduce target...
Aerospace Corp. has received a one-year, $1.05B contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to support engineering and integration of national security space systems via a federally funded research and development center. Work covers planning, systems definition and technical specification operations, as well as user needs assessment, design alter...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 28, 2018 ” LMI has hired Sharon Hays, most recently a portfolio manager at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, to serve as a senior technical fellow who will work with Chief Technology Officer Sanjay Parthasarathy at the nonprofit firm’s research institute, ExecutiveBiz reported...
United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has won a potential eight-year, $250M contract to develop turbine propulsion, power and thermal systems for the U.S. Air Force. Pratt & Whitney will also demonstrate and transition the platforms under the first phase of USAF’s Advanced Turbine Technology for A...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a potential 16-year, $9.2B contract to build up to 475 T-X trainer aircraft and 120 ground-based training platforms for the U.S. Air Force. œToday™s announcement is the culmination of years of unwavering focus by the Boeing and Saab team, Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing™s defense, space and sec...
Gerry Fasano, an executive vice president and chief of business development and strategy at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been named president of the company™s defense group in a move that takes effect Oct. 1, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. An internal memo obtained by the publication says the appointment is part of Leidos™ reorganization e...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 27, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled a new innovation center in Florida that is aimed to accommodate an estimated 5K employees and house five laboratories to support research and development efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the 6.5K-square-foot facility, which is...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 27, 2018 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has tapped a subcontractor to deliver technology and services in support of its work under the U.S. Army‘s Persistent Cyber Training Environment program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. C5 Cyber Partners said Tuesday it will provide its Cypherpath...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential nine-year, $1.36B contract to produce the 11th and 12th GPS IIIF satellites for the U.S. Air Force. The contract includes space vehicle test bed and simulators, nonrecurring engineering support, launch and on-orbit services, space vehicle storage and options for up to 22 GPS III satellites, the De...
