Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 05/09/2016

CACI Lands Army Software, Hardware Engineering Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has been selected to provide electronic warfare software and hardware engineering support to the U.S. Army intelligence and information warfare directorate. The task order extends the company’s development, engineering and protection services for the Army’s effort to develop cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, radar and intelligence technologies, CACI said Monday…

Janus Global Opens Middle East, Asia & Africa Operations Hub in Dubai

Janus Global Operations has established a Dubai office that will serve as the company’s regional hub for commercial and government customers across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. JGO President and CEO Alan Weakley said in a press release published Thursday the Dubai office will support the company’s efforts to expand in the region and rapidly address client needs…

BAE Secures Navy Contract to Provide SCA Common Data Link Services & Supplies

A BAE Systems business unit has received a $9.5 million U.S. Navy contract to provide services and supplies for the service branch’s Software Communications Architecture Common Data Link family of products…

Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016

Guggenheim Securities has found that foreign military sales of U.S.-built platforms and weapon systems amounted to $29 billion after six months of the government’s 2016 fiscal year, Defense News reported Friday…

Vincent Tang: DARPA Seeks Proposals for Scientific Simulation, Complex Design Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry for proposals to help DARPA in its push to move forward scientific simulations of physical systems in an effort to carry out complex designs…

Maj. Gen. Brian Lein to Lead Army Medical Corps, Department & School

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Brian Lein has been assigned to the roles of chief of the force’s Medical Corps organization plus commanding general for the Medical Department Center and School. The Army chief of staff announced on Friday Lein’s appointment and other general officer assignments…

Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website

Silver Spring, Maryland-based software engineering company Ad Hoc LLC will collaborate with three other technology companies to help the Department of Veterans Affairs design, build and maintain an online portal of various agency services under a $12…

Boeing Receives Navy Delivery Order to Repair 64 F-18 Horizontal Stabilizers

Boeing has received a $9.6 million undefinitized delivery order from the U.S. Navy to repair 64 horizontal stabilizers of F-18 aircraft under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur in Cecil Field, Florida, through April 2018…

Elbit Systems US Subsidiary to Modify Navy Test Pilot School’s C-26 Aircraft

An Elbit Systems of America subsidiary has been awarded a $7.5 million contract to update C-26 aircraft used by the United States Naval Test Pilot School. M7 Aerospace LLC will install an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tool and a Finmeccanica-developed Vixen 500E AESA radar on the U…

AWS Allots Funds for Cloud Training to 10K Transitioning Soldiers, Spouses

Amazon has pledged at least $7 million in funds for 10,000 service members, veterans and military spouses to participate in its Amazon Web Services training program. The company will offer cloud computing training services in an effort to assist veterans in their transition to the civilian workforce as well as develop skills to meet job requirements in the field, AWS said Thursday…