Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 06/15/2016

Chemring Subsidiary Lands 2nd DoD Non-Standard Ammo Delivery Order

Chemring Group‘s military products subsidiary has received a $29 million order to provide non-standard ammunition to the U.S. Defense Department. Chemring said Wednesday the order marks the second delivery order the company received under a potential five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awarded in March…

Gen. Daniel Allyn: Tech Modernization, Cybersecurity Among Army’s Near-Term Priorities

U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel Allyn has said the military branch aims to divest its obsolete or redundant systems and modernize equipment of troops, Army Times reported Monday. Michelle Tan writes the Army’s priorities include fielding new active protective systems for ground and aerial vehicles, upgrading its fleet of helicopters and mitigating cyber vulnerabilities across the service branch’s network…

IARPA to Hold Proposers Day For Biological Threat Risk Analysis Program

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity plans to conduct a Proposers Day on June 28 in Washington to discuss a program that seeks to explore new methods and tools for analyzing biological threats based on DNA function…

State Dept Approves Iraq’s $181M AC-208 Aircraft Logistics Request for Anti-IS Group Campaign

The State Department has approved Iraq’s request to acquire sustainment and logistics services and spare parts for its fleet of AC-208 aircraft under a $181 million foreign military sales agreement with the U…

DigitalGlobe, exactEarth Form Tech Alliance to Help Gov’t Clients Monitor Fishing Activities; Tony Frazier Comments

DigitalGlobe and exactEarth have formed a strategic alliance to combine their big data and predictive analytics offerings as part of an effort to help combat illegal fishing activities. The partnership will combine DigitalGlobe’s commercial satellite imagery with exactEarth’s automatic identification system to help public sector customers perform maritime surveillance missions, exactEarth said Tuesday…

Washington Post: Hackers Stole DNC Research Data on Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump

The Democratic National Committee has experienced a data breach that committee officials and security professionals say was conducted by state-sponsored hackers in Russia to steal research data on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, The Washington Post reported Tuesday…

Stuart Brown to Succeed Roderick Day as Iron Mountain EVP, CFO; William Meaney Comments

Stuart Brown, formerly chief financial officer for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc., will officially join Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) as executive vice president and CFO by July 25. Brown will be responsible for the company’s external reporting, financial planning and analysis, global real estate, internal audit, investor relations and treasury activities, Iron Mountain said Wednesday…

CyrusOne Seeks to Expand Data Center Footprint with 40-Acre Northern Virginia Land Purchase

CyrusOne has acquired a 40-acre parcel of land Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, as part of the data center services company’s expansion initiative. The company said Tuesday the land it bought at the Kincora mixed-use development site and upcoming facility construction activities will bring in approximately $1 billion in new investments to the county…

Jeremy Myers Named IT Solutions Architect at iGov; Chuck Reiche Comments

Jeremy Myers, a 25-year information technology veteran, has been appointed IT solutions architect at Reston, Virginia-based tactical C4ISR systems and lifecycle support provider iGov. He will support the company’s business development functions and lead its efforts to design enterprise architecture, assess emerging technology and develop advanced concepts in his new position, iGov said Monday…

Army Picks 5 Companies for Environmental Services Contract

The U.S Army has awarded five companies spots on a potential three-year, $9 million contract for environmental, planning, conservation-restoration and sustainment support to various military projects…

Lockheed Completes Encapsulation Work on Navy MUOS-5 Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments

Lockheed Martin has completed the encapsulation of a fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite designed for military communications into a launch vehicle fairing platform. MUOS-5 is scheduled to take off June 24 onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket and would be the final satellite to complete the U…