Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/23/2015

NASA, Industry Partners Complete Space Launch System Design Review

NASA has finished a critical design review of a heavy-lift rocket designed to carry the Orion crew capsule to deep space destinations such as Mars. The assessment was for Space Launch System Block 1 configuration and marked the first time that NASA has completed a rocket CDR since it launched the Saturn V mission almost four decades ago, the agency said Thursday…

Frank Kendall OKs Consolidated Shipboard Networks Program’s Full Deployment

The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program has achieved full deployment approval after Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, signed an acquisition decision memorandum on the CANES program, Chips magazine reported Friday…

Raytheon Awarded $160M for Navy Close-in Weapon Systems; Rick Nelson Comments

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $159.9 million contract to produce Phalanx close-in weapon systems for the U.S. Navy. The company will also build support equipment for the Phalanx and SeaRAM weapon systems, updated Block 1B radar and maintenance kits, Raytheon said Friday…

Lisa Atherton Appointed Military Business EVP at Bell Helicopter

Lisa Atherton, formerly vice president for global military business development at Bell Helicopter, has been appointed executive VP of the Fort Worth, Texas-based rotocraft manufacturer’s military business…

Leidos Receives Navy Medical Research Modeling Contract; Jerry Hogge Comments

The U.S. Navy has awarded Leidos a potential five-year, $26 million contract to design a medical and simulation research model for the Navy’s scientific data analysis efforts. Leidos said Thursday it will aid in the Naval Health Research Center’s work to collect identify, analyze and report data…

Army Renews Globalscape Info Exchange Product Contract; Michael Shrader Comments

The U.S. Army has renewed an IT maintenance and support contract with Globalscape for the company’s Enhanced File Transfer platform and CuteFTP client software. Globalscape said Thursday the contract covers the use of EFT and CuteFTP in support of the Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced logistics program and Carahsoft will distribute the software across the branch…

OMB Taps ICF, ASI for Govt Digital Services Acquisition Training; Jeffrey Neal Comments

A team of ICF International and ASI Government will provide training to federal acquisition professionals as part of the Office of Management and Budget‘s Digital Service Contracting Professional Training and Development Program…

Kevin Mickey Appointed Northrop Aerospace Advanced Design VP; Chris Hernandez Comments

Kevin Mickey, formerly president of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) subsidiary Scaled Composites, has been named vice president of advanced design in the company’s aerospace systems sector. Mickey will oversee the sector’s aircraft design activities in his new role that he will start Nov…