TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 13, 2017 ” RapidSOS has named William Swanson, former Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) chairman and CEO, to the advisory board of the New York-based emergency communications technology company, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Swanson has at least 40 years of experience in cybersecurity, defense and communicat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2017 ” Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile – 6 has been approved by the Defense Department to be sold to several international customers that seek to use the missiles to support their shipbuilding programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday SM-6 is designed ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2017 ” NASA has scheduled the launch of Orbital ATK‘s (NYSE: OA) Cygnus spacecraft for the next International Space Station cargo mission on March 16 after the company delivered the vehicle’s pressurized cargo module, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The module will undergo processing and a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2017 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) will create and operate a cloud-based flood forecasting platform that will work to help the U.K.’s environment agency produce and share flood predictions under a three-year, $6.1 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Future Flood Forecasting System wil...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2017 ”DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has selected the top five developers who took part in its machine learning algorithm development challenge using satellite imagery, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The winners of the SpaceNet Challenge will receive $35, 000 in total prizes and will have their algorithms released t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2017 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) will provide electronic warfare systems for the Moroccan air force’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets as part of a potential $91 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will provide its AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated De...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered the 50th P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy in support of the service branch’s anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Navy said Thursday the company del...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2017 ” L3 Technologies‘ (NYSE: LLL) commercial training solutions business unit has partnered with the U.K.’s Surrey County Council to construct an airline training center and aircraft simulator production facility in London, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the L3 Lon...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2017 ” The U.S. Navy looks to extend BAE Systems‘ development work on a pulsed power technology for the shipboard electromagnetic railgun weapon system through a contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday the potential sole-source aw...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2017 ” Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) digital solutions subsidiary will offer Quorum Analytics‘ legislative and dialogue tracking software to elected federal, state and local officials as part of an exclusive reseller agreement between the two companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The partnership loo...
