Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 08/31/2015

Martin Miner Appointed CIO, SVP at Leidos; Roger Krone Comments

Martin Miner, former chief strategy officer for the national security sector’s integrated systems group at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed chief information officer and senior vice president at the company…

Army Selects Northrop for Common Infrared Countermeasure Program Support

The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to continue its engineering and manufacturing work for the Common Infrared Countermeasure program under a $35.37 million firm-fixed-price hybrid contract…

Frank Kendall Eyes New Policy for DoD-Industry Dialogue on Independent R&D Projects

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall plans to require contractors to hold technical interchange meetings with the Defense Department before and after they conduct department-backed independent research and development projects, he wrote in a white paper obtained by USNI News…

FireEye, Cybergy Labs Form Gov’t-Commercial Sector Cyber Defense Partnership

FireEye and a Cybergy Partners subsidiary have teamed up to combine their technology offerings and services in an effort to help government and commercial enterprises protect their information technology infrastructures from cyber threats…

DARPA to Host Proposers’ Day for ‘Gremlins’ UAS Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office plans to unveil information on its Gremlins program during a Proposers’ Day from Sept. 24 to 25. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps said registration is open through Sept…

General Dynamics to Provide Engineering Support for Naval Surface Warfare Acoustic Research Unit

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics’ information technology business a potential five-year, $39.8 million contract to provide technical and engineering support services for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock division’s acoustic research detachment…