Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 11/17/2015

Reports: ULA Stops Air Force Satellite Launch Services Contract Pursuit

Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance has decided to opt out of a competition to provide satellite launch support services to the U.S. Air Force, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday…

SPAWAR Taps BAE-Rockwell Collins JV for On-Ship Communications System; Jack Stevens Comments

A joint venture of BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins has secured a potential two-year, $32 million contract to deliver Multifunctional Information Distribution System-On-Ship platforms for integration with surface warships of the U…

Hughes, Signal Mountain Complete Satcom Network Deployment for USGS Seismic System

Signal Mountain Networks and its subcontractor Hughes Network Systems have completed the deployment of a satellite communications network at 80 locations under a potential four-year, $1 million contract with the U…

Lockheed Gets FAA Nod for Hybrid Airship Plan; Robert Boyd Comments

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Lockheed Martin‘s plan to certify the company’s hybrid airship project. That project specific certification plan describes how Lockheed will carry out the hybrid criteria approved by the FAA in April 2013, Lockheed said Tuesday…

NAVAIR Orders Airborne Dipping Sonars from Raytheon-Thales Team

A Raytheon–Thales alliance has received a $65.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday…

Rockwell Collins Lands FAA Flight Inspection Support Contract; David Poltorak Comments

Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration‘s aerial surveys of navigational aids and flight procedures in domestic airspace. The company said Monday it will provide a suite of ARINCDirect planning, scheduling and tracking, safety data management, aircraft datalink and international trip services in support of the agency’s flight inspection activities…

CenturyLink Adds Former US Senator Mary Landrieu to Board; Glen Post Comments

Former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu has joined CenturyLink‘s board of directors. Landrieu succeeds the late Fred Nichols, bringing the total number of board directors to 13, CenturyLink said Monday…

House Committee Probes DHS’ Immigration Form Digitization Project

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is looking into the Department of Homeland Security‘s efforts to create a paperless system to manage immigration applications. Six members of the committee and its subcommittees said Thursday in a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson they want the department to provide information about its digitization project by Nov…