Warren Phillips, lead board director at CACI International, has been selected for the National Association of Corporate Directors’ 2018 Directorship 100 list. The company said Tuesday NACD will honor Phillips at a ceremony that is scheduled to take place Nov. 28 in New York City and feature him in the November/December edition of the association’s magazine. His selection to […] More

Iridium Communications has received approval from the International Maritime Organization’s maritime safety committee to provide Global Maritime Distress Safety System mobile satellite services. Iridium said Monday it plans to start providing GMDSS services by early 2020 through its satellite network and will collaborate with the International Mobile Satellite Organization to facilitate the delivery of such services through […] More

NASA and Uber Technologies have teamed up to identify new urban air mobility-related technologies and concepts designed to ensure safety of aerial transportation operations in populated areas. The agency said Wednesday Uber will share its implementation plans for an urban aviation rideshare network, while NASA will use computer modeling and simulation for airspace management to […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has produced and delivered engines that Boeing will integrate into spacecraft the latter company is building under NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing will install MR-104J engines on the CST-100 Starliner crew module inside the  Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday. Each Starliner capsule is designed for reuse up […] More

Kevin Fagan, formerly a vice president at ManTech International, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the company’s federal civilian and health information technology unit. He will oversee the company’s approach to support the missions of federal clients that include the departments of Homeland Security, State, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services, ManTech said […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has demonstrated new updates and enhancements to its aerial drone system during a series of flight test missions. The tests aimed to evaluate the updated drone’s capacity to support customers and their missions worldwide, Kratos said Thursday. Kratos President and CEO Eric DeMarco said the company aims to showcase its portfolio of jet-powered unmanned […] More

ManTech International has been included in Thomson Reuters’ list of top 100 global technology companies recognized for their financial and operational performance. Kevin Phillips, ManTech president and CEO, said in a statement published Wednesday the company is honored with the 2018 Top 100 Global Technology Leader recognition that seeks to acknowledge the company’s efforts to deliver new […] More

A U.S. government contractor has awarded Comtech Telecommunications‘ New York-based subsidiary a $1.2 million order to update electronic warfare hardware. Comtech PST will upgrade solid-state, high-power amplifiers designed to address a customer’s EW requirements, the company said Monday. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, said that domestic and international original equipment manufacturers use the company’s […] More

Two Aerojet Rocketdyne-built engines helped power United Launch Alliance‘s  Delta II rocket that launched a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite into space. The RS-27A engine generated 237,000 pounds of thrust to lift the rocket carrying NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 and the AJ10-118K upper-stage engine produced 10,000 pounds of thrust to insert the payload into orbit, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Saturday. […] More

ManTech International has won the “Best Company for Veterans” recognition for the second year in a row from online employment platform Monster.com. The company ranked first on Monster.com’s list of 10 finalists for veteran recruitment and retention practices, ManTech said Monday. “ManTech has a longstanding commitment to hiring former members of the U.S. military, and we are […] More

ManTech International has secured a potential five-year, $45.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to offer training support services to the U.S. Navy‘s the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. The company said Tuesday it aims to develop and implement online computer-based virtualized tools to aid SSC Pacific training on command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and […] More

ManTech International has received a potential five-year, $37 million task order to help a U.S. Air Force directorate assess, plan and optimize the service branch’s warfighting capacities. The company said Thursday it will also support the Force Structure Analyses Directorate in efforts to update planning, budgeting and programming processes for multiple technology platforms. Work also covers […] More