Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 02/16/2016

Mitre CEO Alfred Grasso Named to 2016 Wash100 for Federal R&D Center Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Mitre President and CEO Alfred Grasso as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

Anthony Robbins, Brocade Federal VP, Inducted Into 2016 Wash100 for Network Modernization Vision

Executive Mosaic is proud to announce Anthony Robbins, vice president of Brocade‘s federal unit, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

DoD Seeks to Raise Awareness on Independent R&D Projects With Proposed Amendment

The Defense Department has proposed an amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement in an effort to require defense contractors to communicate proposed independent research and development projects to DoD personnel…

Lentech Appoints Former ASRC Federal Exec Gregg Einfalt as President

Gregg Einfalt, former president of ASRC Federal‘s engineering and aerospace operating group, has joined Reston, Virginia-based government services contractor Lentech as president. Einfalt will oversee Lentech’s efforts to grow its footprint in the civil and defense engineering and technical markets, the company said Feb…

Army Talks Medium Tactical Vehicle Modernization With Industry Partners

The U.S. Army hosted an industry day for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to discuss modernization ideas for the FMTV with interested contractors at the Nevada Automotive Test Center. The Army said Friday the acquisition leaders and Army Transportation Corps also shared their experiences on the FMTV program as the service branch seeks to award a potential new contract to update the trucks from A1P2 to A2…

Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop High-Power Electric Propulsion System for NASA; Julie Van Kleeck Comments

Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a more than $6.5 million contract to mature a high-power electric propulsion system for NASA‘s advanced exploration systems division. The company Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday it will work with the University of Michigan, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Silicon Turnkey Solutions to develop a 100-kilowatt hall thruster system, components of a 100-kilowatt modular power processing unit and xenon feed system elements…

Army Requests Info on Consortium for DoD’s C4, Cyber Platform Development

The U.S. Army Contracting Command has sought information on a consortium with the capability to research and develop prototypes of command, control, communications, computer and cyber platforms for the Defense Department…

Boeing, Air Force Test KC-46 Hose & Drogue Air Refueling System

Boeing and the U.S Air Force sent a joint aircrew aboard Boeing’s KC-46 tanker to refuel an F/A-18 aircraft on Feb. 10. The company said Friday the KC-46’s air refueling operator offloaded fuel to the F/A-18 at 20,000 feet during the four-hour flight…