John Elbon, a 35-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has succeeded Dan Collins as chief operating officer at United Launch Alliance. ULA said Thursday Elbon most recently served as vice president and general manager of the space exploration division at Boeing’s defense, space and security business. In this capacity, he led the unit...
Melanie Heitkamp, formerly senior vice president of human resources at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) defense and intelligence group, has been appointed SVP and chief HR officer of L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) in a move slated to take effect May 21. L3 said Thursday Heitkamp will succeed the retiring Kevin Weiss and oversee the compan...
DSoft Technology, Engineering & Analysis has won a potential $95.9 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force analyze cyber and space environments. The Air Force’s 21st Contracting Squadron received four offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers simulation, modeling, analysis and decision s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnqyT6RKnbI Our test pilot, Peter œWizzer Wilson, recently completed the final sortie of the initial design and development test flight programme on F-35. To find out more about our work on the largest global military aircraft programme, please visit: www.baesystems.com/f-35...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2018 ” In-Q-Tel will help cybersecurity firm Red Balloon Security advance the development of an endpoint security tool for embedded devices as part of a strategic partnership, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. IQT said Wednesday its development agreement and investment with Red Balloon Security aims to pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2018 — Systems Planning and Analysis has achieved certification from the CMMI Institute for Capability Maturity Model Integration maturity level 3 following an independent evaluation of the company’s program management and technical process areas, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said T...
Tom Watson, a more than 25-year government market veteran, has been named senior vice president of federal services business at the North American subsidiary of Serco Group. He will be responsible for Reston, Virginia-based Serco Inc.‘s operations and business development strategies across the defense and citizen services markets, th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2018 ” A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) business unit will work with partner Dynetics as the team advances to the third phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program for the aerial launch and recovery of multiple drones, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Kratos Unmanned Aerial Syst...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2018 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has joined a one-year program under the Virginia Economic Development Partnership that seeks to identify business opportunities in the global market for local aerospace and defense companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said VEDP...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has completed developmental tests on the Joint Standoff Weapon C warhead in collaboration with the U.S. Navy and F-35 fighter aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The test looked at the integration of JSOW C, an air-to-ground missil...
