TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2016 ” BAE Systems plans to spend $508 million to revive an industry-led project that seeks to establish regulations and technologies for the integration of unmanned air vehicles into the U.K.’s national airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. FlightGlobal reported Tuesday the company w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2016 ” A General Atomics subsidiary has commenced flight testing for a new MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system at the company’s flight operations hub in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is scheduled to co...
Executive Mosaic™s GovCon Index closed Friday up 0.476 percent to 90.426, with gainers outnumbering laggers by a 2-to-1 ratio, as the climb of defense stocks continues following the election of Donald Trump. McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) was the GCI™s top net advancer while Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) was the top per...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” NASA is set to launch an Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) Cygnus spacecraft onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in spring 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The spacecraft will be used for the seventh cargo delivery mission to the International Sp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) has appointed CEO Robert Carrigan as board chairman while Thomas Manning, a director and member of the company™s audit and technology committees, will serve as lead director, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday retiring Board Chairman Ch...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force will select two Air National Guard bases to host its Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jet, Executive Gov reported Thursday. The military service will choose from Dannelly Field Air Guard Station, Gowen Field Air Gu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” BAE Systems has awarded additional equipment manufacturing contracts to six companies to support the supply chain for the U.K. navy’s first three Global Combat Ships, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Rolls-Royce, Johnsons Controls, Marine Systems Technology, Salt Separation Services, Detegasa and MEP...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has named IT consulting provider Cosmos IT Solutions as a “high-performing” small business subcontractor in recognition of its work in the past year, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. GDIT President Dan Johnson ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 8, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide deployable analytical operations, integrated intelligence and training services in support of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization under a potential $1.77 billion task order from the General Services Administration, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 8, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center has approved the launch of the third Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Space Based Infrared System missile-warning satellite, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Space News reported Tuesday the military service also cleared an update for t...
