Scott Scheimreif oversees Iridium‘s government programs in his executive vice president role at the McLean, Va.-based communications services contractor. He also manages the company’s work under a five-year, $400 million contract awarded to Iridium in October 2013 for airtime services to the Defense Department through the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services program with the Defense Information Systems Agency. Scheimreif recently spoke […] More

Cal Shintani leads capture strategy, corporate strategy and proposal development functions for Oceus Networks as senior vice president and chief growth officer at the Reston, Va.-based mobile services contractor. Shintani last spoke to ExecutiveBiz for a Q&A conversation on his role at Oceus and GovCon market trends in June 2012, nearly five months after he joined […] More

The State Department has given Egypt the go-ahead to buy from the U.S. a sensor security platform, related components and services for use in border security monitoring operations under a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and DRS Technologies will act as primary contractors for the sale, which covers sensor surveillance […] More

Northrop Grumman has built a ground surveillance aircraft for NATO that is intended to fulfill the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements of the alliance. The wide area surveillance Global Hawk system features a multiplatform radar technology insertion program sensor that works to transmit operational data to commanders, Northrop said Thursday. NATO will use the aircraft in various missions […] More

The government of the Philippines has requested to buy $61 million in C-130T transport planes and related equipment through a U.S. Defense Department-run foreign military sale program. The Philippines’ air force is interested in acquiring two Lockheed Martin-made C-130s from DoD’s existing stock, The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. According to DSCA, the Philippine […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has received a one-year task order worth up to $13 million from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for sustainment and maintenance support for the Cooperative Threat Reduction program. SAIC said Thursday it will provide support for the acquisition, storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation and disposition of materials and infrastructure operations, assessment, repairs and maintenance. […] More