Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/22/2015

State Dept OKs $180M Australian Request for Boeing-Built Chinook Helicopters

The State Department has cleared the possible $180 million sale of Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Australia under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency saidMonday the Australian government ordered Chinook helicopters, aircraft turbine engines, common missile warning systems, Honeywell‘s (NYSE: HON) global positioning systems and other associated systems…

CACI Lands $56M Army Tactical Comms Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has received a five-year, $56.3 million contract to maintain and develop software for the U.S. Army’s Project Director Network Enablers for tactical communications. The company said Tuesday it will work to utilize an agile development and sustainment process to support the Army’s effort to update key management systems, communications security and electronic cryptographic product delivery infrastructure…

CNN: FBI Investigates Foreign Agencies’ Potential Role in Latest Contractor Data Breach

The FBI has initiated efforts to investigate the possible involvement of foreign intelligence agencies in a data breach at a computer network firm, CNN reported Saturday. Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz write the FBI’s move is in response to two security issues Juniper Networks identified on its computer devices…

MDA, Israel Demo Raytheon-Rafael ‘David’s Sling’ Air Defense System

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization have conducted a fourth and final interception test of the David’s Sling Weapon System built by a Raytheon–Rafael team…

Breaking Defense: DARPA, AFRL to Test-Fire General Atomics-Built Laser in January

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research Laboratory will perform in January live-fire tests on a General Atomics-built laser weapon that works to generate up to 150 kilowatts of energy, Breaking Defense reported Monday…

Kevin Ladner Named Grant Thornton Canada Executive Partner, CEO; Michael Creber Comments

Kevin Ladner, a 30-year veteran of Grant Thornton‘s Canadian business, has been named executive partner and CEO of the professional services company effective April 1, 2016. Ladner currently serves as regional managing partner for Atlantic Canada at Grant Thornton and will succeed Phil Noble, who will step down from his roles on March 31, 2016, the company said Monday…

Army to Seek Bids for Fort Gordon Cyber Hub Construction Project

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to launch a competitive two-step bidding process for the construction of U.S. Army cyber command and joint force headquarters at Fort Gordon in Georgia. A presolicitation notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps indicated that the Army will issue a firm-fixed-price contract for work to build a nonstandard command-and-control center for its cyberspace operations…

GSA Seeks New Headquarters Building for Labor Department

The General Services Administration has kicked off the search for a new facility that will serve as the Labor Department’s headquarters. GSA said Monday it currently explores a possible exchange of the existing DOL headquarters and the nearly 10…