Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 05/23/2016

KBR Strikes $570M Deal For Engineering, Science Contractor Wyle

Houston-based KBR (NYSE: KBR) has agreed to purchase U.S. federal engineering and scientific services contractor Wyle Laboratories for $570 million in a move both companies expect to create a global government services business segment with an estimated $2 billion in projected annual contract work…

NASA Extends Harris’ Space Communications Network Support Contract

NASA has exercised two one-year options on a previously awarded contract to Harris (NYSE: HRS) for communications, telemetry and tracking support to the International Space Station and various satellites in low-Earth orbit…

ForeScout Technologies Promotes Niels Jensen to SVP of US Public Sector

Former ForeScout Technologies Regional Vice President Niels Jensen has been promoted as the company’s senior vice president for the U.S. public sector as part of its expanded public sector division…

Matt Desch: Iridium Mulls Satellite to Track Aircraft GPS Transponder Following EgyptAir Crash

Iridium Communications eyes the possibility of launching by 2018 a satellite system that monitors an aircraft’s global positioning system transponder to help broadcast flight information in real time, CBS News reported Friday…

HHS’ Leo Scanlon: Collaborative Model Can Help Firms Defend Against Cyber Threats

Some former and current government security officials who took part in a panel discussion held Friday in Washington believe collaboration between technology users in the public and private sectors is key to address advanced cyber threats, Fedscoop reported Friday…

General Dynamics Ships 2nd ECO-Class Tanker to American Petroleum Tankers

A General Dynamics business unit has delivered the second LNG-conversion-ready tanker to American Petroleum Tankers on Thursday as part of a contract to build five such tankers for the petroleum transportation company…

SUNY-Buffalo Research Project Aims to Increase Data Throughput for Underwater Vehicles

A research team at the State University of New York at Buffalo has developed a wireless communication system that aims to increase the speed of data transmission from submarines and underwater drones, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday…

Army CERDEC, Partners Integrate Positioning, Navigation, Timing Tech

The U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center will use a system-of-systems approach to develop new positioning, navigation and timing strategies for mounted platforms, dismounted soldiers, anti-jam antennas and pseudolites…