Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 01/13/2016

Maj. Gen. Mark Westergren Assigned Deputy Chief of NSA Cryptology Org

Maj. Gen. Mark Westergren — former deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command‘s Joint Functional Component Command for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance — has been appointed deputy chief of the National Security Agency‘s Central Security Service organization…

Navy Uses General Dynamics Manpack Radio for Lockheed MUOS Tests; Mike DiBiase Comments

General Dynamics‘ manpack radio has connected government users to Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellites during a demonstration conducted by the U.S. Army. The two-channel AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio runs the soldier radio waveform and the single-channel ground and airborne radio system waveform with the MUOS waveform, General Dynamics said Tuesday…

Lockheed Picks Northrop to Supply Inertial Measurement Unit for Satellite Bus

Lockheed Martin has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to supply an inertial measurement unit for the Lockheed-built LM 300 satellite bus. The Northrop-made LN-200S IMU is a small fiber optic-based navigational tool that works to provide vehicle control systems with angular motion and acceleration data, Northrop said Tuesday…

PAR Technology Lands $3M Naval Radio Transmitter Maintenance Contract; Matt Cicchinelli Comments

PAR Technology‘s Rome Research Corp. subsidiary has received a five-year, $3 million contract from Delta Solutions & Strategies to help operate and maintain telecommunications systems at a Dixon, California-based naval radio transmitter facility…

Army Taps QSM for Software Estimation Support Contract; Joe Madden Comments

Quantitative Software Management has secured a five-year contract to provide software estimation and tracking support to the U.S. Army’s office of the deputy assistant secretary for cost and economics…

Sen. John McCain: National Cyber Deterrence Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday he believes a cyber deterrence policy that the White House has proposed to Congress lacks offensive approaches, FCW reported Tuesday…

Informatica Makes Leadership Appointments, Names Anil Chakravarthy Full-Time CEO

Informatica has made several appointments to leadership roles within the company. Anil Chakravarthy, acting CEO of Informatica since August 2015, has been appointed to the chief executive role on a full-time basis by the company’s board of directors, the company said Tuesday…

Fluor-Empresas ICA JV to Start Construction of $1B Diesel Refinery in Mexico

A joint venture of Fluor (NYSE: FLR) and Empresas ICA (NYSE: ICA) will begin engineering, procurement and construction work on a diesel refinery in Mexico under a $1 billion contract with Mexican state-owned petroleum firm Pemex Transformacion Industrial…