Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 02/26/2016

Kay Sears, President of Intelsat General, Named to 2016 Wash100 for Satcom Govt-Industry Partnership Vision

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Kay Sears, president of Intelsat General, as the newest inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

Reports: Boeing-Lockheed Team to Drop Protest of Air Force Bomber Contract Award to Northrop

The team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will not pursue a legal challenge in federal claims court of the U.S. Air Force’s award of the Long Range Strike Bomber contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Bloomberg reported Friday…

State Dept Clears $350M Beechcraft KA-350 Aircraft Sustainment Deal for Iraq

The State Department has approved Iraq’s request to buy $350 million in sustainment services for the country’s fleet of Beechcraft-built King Air 350 turboprop aircraft from the U.S. government through a foreign military sales agreement…

State Dept Clears Potential $115M F-16 Engine Repair Deal with Jordan

The State Department has approved a potential $115.1 million foreign military sales agreement for Pratt and Whitney to provide F-16 engine repair and sustainment services to Jordan. Jordan intends for the agreement to support the its air force’s efforts to maintain 52 F100-PW-220E engines, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday…

CAE Announces 4Q Training, Simulation Contract Awards; Gene Colabatistto Comments

CAE has secured defense and security contracts amounting to $59.2 million in total for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016 to provide training and simulation equipment and services. The company said Thursday it received contract awards from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, Public Works and Government Services Canada and the U…

DARPA, SRI International Partner for Data Privacy, Sharing Tech Integration Project

SRI International has secured an $8.5 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency devise methods for the integration of enterprise data privacy, security and exchange tools. The company said Thursday it will study how privacy protection technology can facilitate use of sensitive data for humanitarian relief operations and other critical missions through DARPA’s Brandeis program…

Randy James: CSRA Eyes Managed Cyber Framework Adoption by Federal Clients

Randy James, line of service executive at CSRA, has said the company plans to introduce its in-house managed cybersecurity framework to federal government customers in an effort to help them protect their networks from cyber threats, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday…