Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 02/10/2015

Christopher Jones, Northrop Technical Services President, Selected to Wash100 for Sustainment and Logistics Leadership

Executive Mosaic is glad to announce Christopher Jones, a corporate vice president at Northrop Grumman and president of its technical services sector, as the newest inductee into the Wash100 — a group of influential leaders in the government contracting industry…

Senate Armed Services Panel Moves Ashton Carter Nomination Forward

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Tuesday to approve the nomination of Ashton Carter for the defense secretary post, SASC Republicans said on Twitter Tuesday morning. Twenty-five committee members cast their votes in favor of Carter’s appointment and a full Senate vote could take place as early asWednesday, the official Twitter feed for the SASC majority said…

Raytheon Wins $270M to Integrate, Test Osprey Avionics Systems; Todd Probert Comments

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a $270 million contract to integrate and test the V-22 Osprey aircraft’s avionics systems for the U.S. Navy‘s Air Systems Command . The company’s intelligence, information and services unit will perform systems integration, software engineering, testing and acquisition support services at its Indianapolis-based facility through December 2019, Raytheon said Tuesday…

Lockheed-Led Consortium Starts to Build Navy’s 13th LCS; Joe North Comments

A consortium of Lockheed Martin, Marinette Marine and Gibbs & Cox has started to design and construct a 13th Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy. A keel laying ceremony of the USS Wichita took place Monday at Marinette’s facility in Wisconsin and Kate Staples Lehrer, an author and a ship sponsor, signed her initials into the keel plate during the event, Lockheed said Monday…

Art Gilliland: HP Seeks Encryption Portfolio Growth with Voltage Security Purchase

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has agreed to buy encryption technology firm Voltage Security for an undisclosed sum in a bid to help organizations secure financial transactions and manage sensitive workloads…