TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2016 ” NASA astronauts visited Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) St. Louis facility in Missouri to train on launch, flight and return operations for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft using cloud-based, touchscreen simulators, Executive Gov reported Thursday. The space agency said April 27 two commercial crew astr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2016 ” Sandia National Laboratories will continue to manage Energy Department regional test centers for the SunShot Initiative through another three years under a contract renewal awarded to Sandia Corp., ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The RTCs work to evaluate the performance, economic viability and reliabi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2016 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) will support research operations at the Air Force Research Laboratory under a $9.8 million bridge contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Jacobs said Wednesday it will support the planning, management and evaluation of AFRL&...
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...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2016 ” A subsidiary of Engility (NYSE: EGL) will perform an evaluation of the Transportation Security Administration‘s security screening processes, systems and equipment under a potential $90 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday TASC will also provide test planning and data a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA May 3, 2016 — Ross Wilkers, lead journalist for GovCon Wire and online editor for Executive Mosaic media properties, was interviewed for a radio segment scheduled to air Sunday morning on first quarter earnings reports from U.S. defense contractors and Wall Street’s current perceptions of the sector. Was...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has appointed an Air Force Reserve officer to be its new site lead at Edwards Air Force Base in California, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday John Mikal, who is also a test pilot for the KC-46A tanker aircraft, succeeds Don Bla...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has formed a new unit within its advanced missile systems organization to consolidate and boost the production of its Coyote and Silver Fox small unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the UAS directorate will be based in Ariz...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” A Hitachi-developed wireless communication system for aircraft played a key part in a test conducted by NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration to check support for ground-to-aircraft information exchange, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. NASA said Wednesday ground operators transmitted aviat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 5, 2016 ” A subsidiary of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will provide network services to 550 academic institutions in Alabama under a $96 million recompete contract from the state’s supercomputing agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CSRA said Wednesday the Alabama Supercomputer Authority tapped CSC State and...
