Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 07/16/2015

TASC Vet Lisa Donnan Joins BeyondTrust as Federal Business VP

Lisa Donnan, formerly a vice president at TASC, has joined Phoenix-based cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust as vice president of its federal business. She brings more than two decades of federal business experience to her role and will work to help broaden BeyondTrust’s presence in vulnerability management and privileged account management markets, the company saidWednesday…

Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Eyes Commercial Satellite Business Growth

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems unit, said the company looks to expand its commercial satellite business and aims for up to three commercial deals annually in an interview with Via Satellite posted Wednesday…

Emergent BioSolutions Hub to Move Forward on Advanced Ebola Drug for HHS

The Emergent BioSolutions-led Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing will continue the development of a therapeutic drug against Ebola under a new two-year, $19.7 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services…

SOS International to Provide Army Base Life Support in Iraq for $125M

SOS International will provide base life support at U.S. Army bases in Taji and Besmaya in Iraq through mid-2018 under two prime contracts worth $125 million combined in support of Operation Inherent Resolve…

GSA Trims Tech Scope for Alliant II Vehicle

The General Services Administration has narrowed down the scope of technologies listed in the Alliant II governmentwide acquisition contract, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes a GSA survey last year that assessed the maturity of 17 technology categories helped to inform the updated list of 10 technologies…

Thales to Build, Install Air Force Instrument Landing Systems

Thales Defense & Security has secured a two-year, $18.4 million contract to develop and install instrument landing systems at several airfields of the U.S. Air Force. ILS is a ground-based system designed to improve safety of airport landings by guiding the aircraft as it approaches the runway under limited visibility conditions…