Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 05/18/2016

Booz Allen Posts First Revenue Jump in 3 Years for FY 2016; 2017 Guidance Shy of Street Outlook

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — posted a revenue increase for its 2016 fiscal year for the first time in three such periods that have seen flat or contracting sales…

Boeing, Northrop Win Contracts to Help USAF Develop Satellite Digital Waveform Generator Tech

Boeing and Northrop Grumman have won separate cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the U.S. Air Force to build digital signal generation technology for Global Positioning System satellites. The Defense Department said Monday that Boeing will help the Air Force to mature GPS-based positioning, navigation and timing systems through the Orbit Reprogrammable Digital Waveform Generator program under a $16…

IGS Adds Intell Community Vet David Shedd to Board of Directors; Michael Maples Comments

David Shedd, formerly acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined the board of directors of Huntsville, Alabama-based geospatial software provider Intergraph Government Solutions. Michael Maples, IGS board chairman and a retired U…

Army Lab, Partners Develop Doppler LiDAR System for Airdrop Operations

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory and its partners Beyond Photonics and Halo Photonics have built a Doppler light detection and ranging system to support the airdrop operations of Army Pathfinders. ARL worked to develop the Man-Portable Doppler LiDAR system to retire the pilot balloon tracking mechanism as a response to a request for information from U…

USAID Deploys Agiloft’s FedRAMP-Compliant Business Process Software Platform

The U.S. Agency for International Development has deployed Agiloft‘s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant business process software platform to support the agency’s workflow…

FAA, Partners Conduct UAS Detection Tests at JFK Airport

The Federal Aviation Administration has collaborated with several other agencies and academic and commercial organizations to test an unmanned aircraft system detection technology at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City…

Ball Aerospace to Design NASA Landsat-9 Cryocooler

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has received a $18.2 million contract to design, test and deliver a cryocooler for NASA’s Landsat-9 spacecraft. Ball Aerospace will build two stages of cooling materials into the Thermal Infrared Sensor-2 instrument Cryocooler, NASA said Tuesday…

Intl Space Station Deploys 2 NASA CubeSats for Swarm Comms Demonstration

The International Space Station launched a pair of small NASA satellites Monday using a NanoRacks-built deployer system as part of an agency project that aims to demonstrate operation and networking of CubeSats in low-Earth orbit…

Orbital ATK to Subject Updated Antares Rocket to Initial Engine Test; Kurt Eberly Comments

Orbital ATK moved an updated version of the Antares rocket to Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch pad Thursday in preparation for the rocket’s first hot-fire engine test, Universe Today reported Monday…

Elbit Systems Picks Leonardo-Finmeccanica Radar for US Naval Test Pilot School

Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected Leonardo-Finmeccanica to provide a radar system to support training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. The school will use the Vixen 500E active electronically scanned array radar for student training operations aboard a C-26 aircraft, Leonardo-Finmeccanica said Friday…

Bert Ravelo, Wells Barlow Join AITC Executive Mgmt Team; Gabriel Ruiz Comments

Advanced IT Concepts has enlisted Bert Ravelo and Wells Barlow to join its executive management team in support of the company’s expansion efforts. Ravelo has been appointed as chief operations officer while Barlow will serve as a senior program manager for the company, AITC said April 27…