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Ellen McCarthy, former director of plans and programs at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, has joined the nonprofit science and technology organization Noblis as president of its National Security Partners organization. Roger Mason, senior vice president of national security and intelligence at Noblis, said Sunday McCarthy brings to the organization experience that …

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 16, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has taken the wraps off the U.S. Coast Guard’s Munro (WMSL 755) national security cutter, which came off the floating dry dock over the weekend, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The USCG’s latest Legend class ship is the sixth NSC to …

TYSONS CORNER, VA June 9, 2015 — ExecutiveBiz reported Monday on Ingalls Shipbuilding handing over the national security cutter James (WMSL 754) to the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday. Huntington Ingalls Industries said the 418-foot Legend-class cutter, the fifth to be constructed for the service by the HII business, is …

TYSONS CORNER, VA June 5, 2015 — SRA International said it has completed consolidation of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 30-year-old payroll platform using Oracle’s (NYSE: ORCL) PeopleSoft Global Payroll system, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The modernization project sought to include human resource support for the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA May 26, 2015 — Exelis (NYSE: XLS) will work on a project to demonstrate a potential backup for the Global Positioning System using the decommissioned LORAN-C ground-based radio navigation infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Dubbed eLORAN, the initiative that includes UrsaNav, the Department of Homeland Security and the …

A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has been awarded a $499.8 million contract to build the U.S. Coast Guard‘s eighth national security cutter. Ingalls Shipbuilding scheduled the delivery of the NSC Midgett to the military branch for 2019, HII said Tuesday. “We continue to fold in learning for each …

Huntington Ingalls‘ (NYSE: HII) shipbuilding arm will build the U.S. Coast Guard‘s seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter ship under a $497 million contract. Ingalls Shipbuilding has delivered three NSCs to the Coast Guard and three other ships are currently in various phases of construction, the company announced Monday. Jim French, NSC program manager …

Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a potential five-year, $32 million contract to supply the U.S. Coast Guard with radar systems for maritime surveillance, counterterrorism and drug interdiction missions. The company will provide AN/PY-11 multimode radars, support equipment, spares and technical services to the Coast Guard under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Exelis …

A new Research and Markets report says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will not be immune to budget pressures in fiscal year 2014 due to sequestration. The two DHS agencies that have the largest fiscal 2014 budget requests are Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to the …

A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has won a $76.8 million contract to acquire components for the U.S. Coast Guard’s seventh national security cutter intended for maritime security missions. Ingalls Shipbuilding will procure Kimball’s steel, main propulsion systems, generators, electrical switchboards and major castings, said Friday. Kimball is one …