Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 03/10/2016

George Newstrom, President of Dell’s Federal Services Arm, Chosen to 2016 Wash100 for Govt Tech Partnership Vision

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce George Newstrom, president of Dell‘s federal government services business, as an inductee into the 2016 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena…

Frank Wiercinski, Mike Kelly Appointed to Leadership Roles at Cubic’s Global Defense Segment

Frank Wiercinski, formerly a group vice president at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined Cubic (NYSE: CUB) as senior VP and managing director of its global defense segment’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region…

USGS Awards Geospatial Product and Services Contract to Woolpert; Jeff Lovin Comments

Woolpert has received a five-year multi-million contract from the U.S. Geological Survey to assist in mapping and surveying work to help USGS fulfill its geospatial data requirements. The agency’s National Geospatial Technical Operations Center will oversee the Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 as part of USGS’ efforts to collect geospatial data throughout the U…

PARC Lands DARPA Contract to Develop Printer for Macroscopic Objects

PARC has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build a nanotechnology-enabled printer that uses micrometer-size particles to produce macroscopic objects. The company said Wednesday the contract was awarded as part of DARPA’s Atoms to Product program, which began research efforts in December 2015…

DOE: Sandia Labs Seeks Collaboration with Counter-UAS Equipment Vendors

Sandia National Laboratories is looking for potential partners who will lend equipment designed to detect, track and intercept potential threats from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems. The research laboratory aims to help interested vendors evaluate the capabilities and limitations of their counter-UAS technologies and assess the system’s potential in securing various facilities, DOE said March 1 in a FedBizOpps notice…

Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Eyes August Completion of 1st Air Force GPS III Satellite

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment, has said the company expects to finish work on the first satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III program by August, Space News reported Wednesday…

DOT to Kick Off GPS/GNSS Receiver Adjacent Band Compatibility Study in April

The Transportation Department will conduct a study in April to determine the level of adjacent band radio-frequency power that GPS and Global Navigation Satellite System receivers can tolerate. The DOT Adjacent Band Compatibility Study will be performed at the U…

Douglas Manya Named LGS Innovations EVP, General Counsel, Secretary; Kevin Kelly Comments

Douglas Manya, formerly vice president, deputy general counsel and secretary at Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined LGS Innovations in February as executive VP, general counsel and secretary. Manya is responsible for the legal, corporate governance, contractual and procurement regulation compliance activities of the company, LGS said Wednesday…