Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/30/2015

DARPA Picks 10 Participants for Nano-to-Millimeter-Scale Manufacturing Project

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 10 participants in its Atoms to Product program, which seeks technology that can manufacture millimeter-scale products or materials out of nanometer-scale pieces…

NIST Seeks Sources for Technical Support to Computer Security Division

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has started a search for sources of general, technical and scientific expertise and support for the agency’s computer security division. In a notice posted Dec…

Luther Thomas Named Sr Enlisted Adviser to Assistant Defense Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs

Command Sgt. Maj. Luther Thomas of the Army Reserve has been appointed as senior enlisted adviser to the assistant defense secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, Army Times reported Tuesday. Michelle Tan writes Thomas will be instrumental in forging personnel policies that relate to service members and civilians across the Defense Department…

QinetiQ NA to Build Launch-Recovery Control Tech for Navy’s JFK Carrier

QinetiQ North America has been awarded a $16 million contract to provide control technology for launch and recovery platforms that General Atomics is building for integration onto a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier…

Defense News: Poland, Germany Could Ink Missile Defense System Procurement Contracts in 2016

NATO member countries, such as Poland and Germany, have yet to sign the final contracts to buy new missile defense systems even if they already chose the contractors for such platforms this year, Defense News reported Tuesday…

Harris Installs 9th Flight Mirror on NASA’s Webb Telescope

Harris Corp. has installed the ninth flight mirror onto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope structure at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The installation marks the progress of the telescope’s segmented primary mirror halfway to completion, which is scheduled for 2016, NASA said Tuesday…

Serco Inc. Receives $48M Navy Hazardous Material IDIQ

Serco Inc. has been awarded a potential $47.7 million contract to produce hazardous material support for the U.S. Navy’s southwest regional hazardous material centers. The contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year option periods, the Defense Department said Tuesday…

Peter Sacripanti, Graham Smith Join Citrix Board; Bob Calderoni Comments

Peter Sacripanti, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, and former Salesforce Chief Financial Officer Graham Smith have joined the board of directors at Citrix. Citrix said Tuesday Sacripanti, chair of the executive committee of McDermott Will & Emery, will serve on the audit and finance committees of Citrix and Smith on the compensation committee…