Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 08/28/2015

DoD Picks FlexTech to Build New Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute

The FlexTech Alliance consortium will create and manage the seventh Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics under a cooperative agreement with the Defense Department as part of the government’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation…

State Dept OKs Britain’s $3B Apache Helicopter Reburbishment Request

The State Department has approved the U.K’s request to purchase $3 billion in AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters and associated parts, equipment and logistics services from the U.S. government through a foreign military sales agreement…

Capt. Alexis Carter: Afghan Security Agreement to Cover NATO, US Contractors

NATO and Defense Department contractors and their personnel that are performing contracting work in Afghanistan will need to comply with all the provisions of the Bilateral Security Agreement starting Tuesday, the Army website reported Thursday…

CSC Wins FAA Cloud Services Contract

Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) has won a 10-year, $109 million contract with to deploy cloud services at the Federal Aviation Administration’s data center, Washington Technology reported Thursday…

Shana Simmons: Engility Seeks to Help NGA Build ‘One-Stop’ GEOINT Shop

Engility is acting as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s broker for the development and approval of mobile applications as NGA pushes to make geospatial data more widely available, Federal News Radio reported Thursday…

Semprius Awarded DOE Solar Tech Development Grant; Scott Burroughs Comments

The Energy Department has awarded Semprius a $2.9 million grant to develop photovoltaic solar modules through the use of small lenses and micro-solar cells. Semprius said Thursday it will collaborate with the Naval Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, George Washington University and Veeco for the Micro-scale Optimized Solar-cell Arrays with Integrated Concentration program…