The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential $480 million contract to design a second hypersonic weapon technology for the service branch. Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business will support critical design review, test and production readiness efforts under the Air-Launched Rapid ...
Brendan Curran, formerly president of Crane Co.™s aerospace and electronics group, has been named president of a Boeing (NYSE: BA) business organization that produces avionics and electronics systems. The more than 20-year aerospace industry veteran will lead the AvionX organization and Boeing’s aftermarket strategy across ...
Seven companies have won potential five-year contracts to provide software development and engineering support services for the U.S. Navy™s oceanography and meteorology systems. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific received nine proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts that each contain a two-year base p...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has secured a one-year, $187.6 million contract to provide engineering and advance planning services for a refueling complex overhaul effort on the USS John C. Stennis ship. The Defense Department said Friday the company firm will offer preparation services such as material forecasting, long lead time materi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 10, 2018 ” ECS Federal has secured a position to compete for information technology support work with federal customers under the General Services Administration‘s potential $50 billion Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract, ExecutiveBiz reported July 27. The company said July 26 it is one of 61 cont...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2018 ” Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) HorizonX Ventures division has invested in additive manufacturing system developer Digital Alloys to help the latter advance its development of 3D-printed aerospace parts, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The aircraft manufacturer said Tuesday HorizonX Ventures participated in a Serie...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said a budget and acquisition framework focused on the use of commercial software development methods is needed to accelerate the delivery of defense capabilit...
Six companies have won contracts worth approximately $44 million combined from NASA to develop 10 technology platforms for space exploration. NASA said Thursday it selected the proposals through its Tipping Point solicitation that seeks to address the space technology mission directorate™s three technology focus areas through public-privat...
Marcus Collier, former senior vice president of health and civilian solutions at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology arm, has joined Conduent (NYSE: CNDT) as CEO of its government unit. He has more than 35 years of technology experience that has included work with agencies at the federal, state and local levels, Condu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 7, 2018 ” Michael Moritzkat, vice president and managing director of Seagate Technology‘s (Nasdaq: STX) government solutions business, has said the company is in the process of securing certification for its disks and storage subsystems under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program in line with fede...
