TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2016 ” Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business, has said the automatic takeoff and landing update to the MQ-9 Reaper is ready for deployment, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Flightglobal reported Wednesday that Pehrson ha...
Palo Alto, California-based aerospace company Space Systems Loral has appointed Michael Gold as vice president of its Washington operations. Gold, who previously worked for Bigelow Aerospace as director of Washington operations and business growth, will work to assist SSL’s government business expansion goals and establish its p...
The U.S. Navy has awarded five companies task orders worth up to $342.7 million combined over six years to provide personal computer simulation, development and re-engineering support services for the Naval Education Training Command™s Naval Training Products and Services program. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multip...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a $329 million contract modification to help the U.S. Army update the service branch’s fleet of Stryker infantry carrier vehicles. The company will produce, test and deliver Stryker 30mm lethality systems under the contract awarded by the Warren, Michigan-based Army Contracting Command, the De...
The U.S. Army has awarded four companies spots on a potential $249.8 million contract for analytic software research and development services related to persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The multiple-award contract will run through May 5, 2021, with funding and work location based on each individual task order, the ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2016 ” Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) and its small business partner Summit Technical Solutions have received approval from the Department of Homeland Security to proceed with their mentorship agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. STS said Wednesday the DHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Bus...
McLean, Virginia-based Altamira Technologies has acquired cybersecurity services provider Prime Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a push to add new footprints in the intelligence community and resources for research-and-development initiatives. Altamira said Friday it also sought access to Prime Solutions’ employees that work in ar...
FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) has appointed Chairman and CEO David DeWalt as executive chairman of the board and President Kevin Mandia as the new CEO in a move to revamp the company™s leadership team. The company said Thursday that Travis Reese, president of the Mandiant subsidiary, has been named president of FireEye, while Chief Financial...
A Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) subsidiary has received potential five-year, $427.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver test and evaluation/training threat and target systems for the service branch’s warfighter training and debriefing systems. Jacobs Technology will also perform systems engineering ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a potential five-year, $424.2 million to provide threat radar emitter simulation technology and services for a U.S. Navy aircrew warfighter training program. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also build peripheral simulation equipment under the Navy’s Aircrew Electronic Warfare T...
