TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2018 ” In-Q-Tel Executive Vice President Lisa Porter has been named a potential nominee for the role of deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Defense Department, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The White House posted Friday Porter’s name alongside nominees for other key administration position...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has set the launch of a fifth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites on March 29 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported. Iridium said it will launch five satellites and scientific instruments for the U.S. and Germany as a continuation of its schedule to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2018 ” Inmarsat will collaborate with an Australian government-run air navigation service company in a project to explore satellite voice communications systems for air traffic management support in environments with degraded voice communications coverage, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Inmarsat said Monday ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2018 ” The Office of the Secretary of Defense has awarded a U.S. Air Force unit at Peterson Air Force Base for its work on a Raytheon-led (NYSE: RTN) contract for Cobra Dane radar system maintenance, repair and sustainment, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Air Force Material Command said Friday the Cobra D...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2018 ” BAE Systems has offered a vehicle platform based on the M8 Armored Gun System in its bid for the U.S. Army‘s program on the Mobile Protected Firepower combat vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thursday it will submit the proposed infantry brigade combat team vehic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2018 ” CAE has delivered a Predator Mission Trainer to Italy’s air force in support of training programs for pilots of the country’s fleet of General Atomics-built Predator A remotely piloted aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported. The trainer for the Predator A has entered into service with the I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2018 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has received recognition for its work on a maintenance system at NASA‘s Langley Research Center with the award of Uptime magazine’s 2017 Best Reliability Program of the Year designation, GovCon Executive reported. The company said ReliabilityWeb s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide its MK 41 vertical launching system for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship that BAE Systems is building for the U.K. navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The system will serve to launch anti-air, anti-submarine, surface-to-surface and strike-length missiles fr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2018 ” A General Atomics business unit will work with the U.S. Army in efforts to advance electromagnetic railgun weapons technologies under a three-year contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium awarded the contract to&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2018 ” SSL has tasked Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to supply the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit through a contract in support of commercial, government and civilian space operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Northrop said Thursday the Scalable SIRU is a navigation system that will wor...
