Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a potential $641.8 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency test multiple radar platforms for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Defense Department said Friday Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will analyze, execute and plan test activities for sensor systems designed to ev...
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential five-year, $933.7 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical services to the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Friday APL will perform the services to support MDA’s efforts to build systems designed to protec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has unveiled a prototype electric unmanned aerial vehicle that it aims to use as a testbed for the development of autonomous and electric propulsion technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the vertical-takeoff-and-landing multicopter UAV will serve a...
Gus Bontzos, formerly vice president and general manager of Peraton™s former advanced solutions organization, has been appointed president of the Herndon, Virginia-based company™s defense and electronic warfare sector. The defense and electronic warfare is one of the two newly established sectors that will serve as Peraton™s rese...
Carol Pottenger, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former senior U.S. flag officer at NATO, has joined the board of directors at Serco Inc., the British contractor’s Americas region subsidiary. Her 36-year military career has included roles such as division officer, department head, executive officer and commanding officer aboard comba...
HX5 has received a potential seven-year, $376.8 million contract to provide engineering, research and scientific support services to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center. NASA said Thursday the Glenn Engineering and Research Support contract has a two-year base period slated to commence April 1, followed by a two-year option, another on...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2018 ” Several Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) employees are set to receive recognition at the 32nd annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards conference from Feb. 8 to 10 for their work in technology development, mentoring as well as sales and marketing, GovCon Executive reported Jan. 4. The company said Jan....
Kito Mussa, formerly interim chief financial officer at WidePoint (NYSE: WYY), has been named executive vice president and CFO at the McLean, Virginia-based managed mobility services provider. WidePoint CEO Jin Kang said in a statement published Wednesday Mussa™s experience and insights will help build up the company™s internal controls, f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 10, 2018 ” ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will work to provide web and content development, communications and other services to two units within the National Cancer Institute under two blanket purchase agreements worth $70 million in total, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the re-compete BPAs serve t...
Infrastructure security company Cyxtera Technologies has signed an agreement to purchase Immunity, a Miami, Florida-based network security services firm. Cyxtera said Tuesday it will integrate Immunity’s offerings into its portfolio of threat analytics products and leverage the latter company’s team and customer base when the a...
