Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 03/31/2016

Craig Reed Joins IT Services Contractor NT Concepts as President, COO

Craig Reed, a three-decade GovCon veteran and former senior vice president from Engility (NYSE: EGL), has joined Vienna, Virginia-based information technology government services contractor NT Concepts as president and chief operating officer…

Lockheed Commits to Airbus Engine MRO Contract With Frontier Airlines

Lockheed Martin‘s commercial engine development and distribution unit has received an eight-year exclusive contract from Frontier Airlines for CFM56-5 engine repair and maintenance services on the Airbus-built A319 and A320ceo aircraft…

Northrop, HTC Form Smartphone Security Standard Devt Team; Ian Irving Comments

A Northrop Grumman Australian subsidiary has partnered with HTC Corp. to develop smartphone security offerings and set up a new mobile device data security standard. Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security has started to work on several Android-based platform offers as part of its secure communications mobile program, the company saidWednesday…

Janine Davidson Begins Work as Navy Undersecretary, Chief Mgmt Officer

Janine Davidson has began work as the U.S. Navy chief management officer and an undersecretary of the service branch after being sworn in to her new duties on March 22. The Navy said Monday Davidson’s new role will add to her almost three-decade experience in academic research, national security policy and military operations…

LRAD Receives Navy Acoustic Hailing Device Order

LRAD Corp. has received a five-year, $7.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver an acoustic hailing device system that works to facilitate situational awareness for naval forces. The Navy will use the device to support situational monitoring and anti-terrorism activities aboard Military Sealift Command vessels and other Navy and Coast Guard ships, the Defense Department said Wednesday…

MBDA Signs MOU With Qatar Navy for Potential $725M Coastal Defense System Contract

MBDA and the Qatar government have signed a memorandum of understanding toward a potential $725 million contract for the arms manufacturer to supply a coastal defense system to the Qatar Emiri naval force…

Raytheon Lands Special Operations Command Lifecycle Contract for Electro-Optical Sensor Systems

Raytheon has been awarded a $47 million lifecycle support contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command to work on AN/ZSQ-2 forward looking infrared and electro-optical sensor systems. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract requires support for Socom’s technology applications program office through March 31, 2021 with five one-year ordering periods…

WWT to Help Deploy Tanium Cybersecurity Platform for Air Force Network

World Wide Technology has partnered with computer security company Tanium to help deliver latter’s cybersecurity platform across the U.S. Air Force‘s network under a previously awarded automated remediation and asset discovery contract…