Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 06/01/2016

Bechtel Unveils Transition Timeline for Vice Chairman, CEO, COO Roles

Bechtel has appointed current CEO Bill Dudley as vice chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer Brendan Bechtel as the next chief executive and Jack Futcher — president of the company’s oil, gas and chemicals business — as group president and COO…

ASRC Federal Subsidiary Lands NASA Workforce Training Support Contract

NASA has awarded a five-year, $21 million contract to an ASRC Federal subsidiary for support services to the space agency’s leadership training initiatives. ASRC Federal Data Solutions will work to help NASA develop curriculum and knowledge sharing services for the agency’s efforts to develop and train its technical workforce, ASRC Federal said Tuesday…

Lockheed Extends Avcorp’s Composite F-35 Panels Fabrication Contract

Avcorp Industries has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to continue to manufacture composite wing skin, nacelle and body access panels for the F-35 program. The contract will extend Avcorp’s work on composite F-35 panels at a company facility in Gardenia, California, through 2020, Avcorp said Tuesday…

DLA Picks CACI for Defense Agencies Initiative Configuration, Compliance Mgmt Support Contract

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded CACI International a potential 39-month, $36 million contract to provide compliance and configuration management support to federal civilian agencies in support of the Defense Agencies Initiative…

Orbital ATK Tests Antares Rocket’s Updated First Stage Propulsion System

Orbital ATK has performed a hot-fire test on the updated first stage propulsion system of the Antares rocket with RD-181 main engines at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. NASA said Wednesday the test sought to assess the performance of the integrated first stage — including new engines, modified Stage 1 core, avionics, thrust vector control and pad fueling systems — in an operational environment…

Sikorsky Completes Phase 1, Begins Phase 2 of DARPA Aircraft Automation Program

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed Phase 1 of a previously awarded $8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract under the agency’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program…

State Dept OKs $301M SM-2 Block IIIB Missile Sale to Australia

The State Department has approved Australia’s request to procure a suite of Standard Missile-2 Block IIIB missiles and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $301 million foreign military sales agreement between both countries…

NASA Sets Johnson Center Mission Systems Operations Draft RFP Timeline

NASA has detailed its plans to seek industry feedback for a future contract to support mission systems operations at the space agency’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. The center is looking for sources to provide services for mission control center systems, training systems, space vehicle mockup facility and flight operations directorate mission systems environments, according to a presolicitation notice issued May 25…

Reuters: Federal Reserve Records Reveal More Than 50 Cyber Breaches in 2011-15

The U.S. Federal Reserve has recorded more than 50 cybersecurity breaches from 2011 through 2015, Reuters reported Wednesday. Reuters obtained Federal Reserve records which cover cyber attacks that affected the Board of Governors since it is subject to public records laws, Jason Lange and Dustin Volz wrote…

DOT Freezes IT Procurements to Kick Off FITARA Implementation; Richard McKinney Comments

The Transportation Department has paused procurements for new technology while waiting for the completion of an inventory over DOT’s information technology properties, Federal News Radio reported Friday…

Lockheed Martin Completes Review of Satellites for Saudi Arabia; Carl Marchetto Comments

Lockheed Martin has concluded the critical design review for two satellites intended to support television, internet, telephone and communications services in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Lockheed, Arab Satellite Communications Organization and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology reviewed the technical specifications of Arabsat 6A and Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1, Lockheed said Tuesday…