Two business units of L-3 Communications will provide depot-level maintenance services to the U.S. Navy for the branch’s F/A-18 A/B/C/D aircraft fleet under a contract awarded to the company. L-3’s platform integration unit will carry out equipment updates such as structural life-extension modifications and inspections to address operational commitments, the company said Thursday. The company’s Canadian subsidiary L-3 MAS will be responsible for aircraft structure inspection, modification and engineering […] More

L-3 Communications will provide depot-level upgrade, repair and overhaul services for photonics masts on Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines under a three-year, $44.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also covers engineering and technical support and the replacement, inspection and evaluation of the photonics mast and photonics mast variant, which are part of […] More

David Young oversees sales activities in the federal government market for Level 3 Communications in his role as a vice president at the multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company. Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered Level 3 operates a Tier 1 network worldwide and its work for federal agencies includes network security, Internet connections for large enterprises and cloud […] More

Hughes Network Systems and Level 3 Communications have partnered to offer federal agencies a suite of managed network service offerings through a U.S. General Services Administration-run enterprise telecommunications contract vehicle. Level 3 added the HughesON digital media and network management services portfolio to the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, Hughes said Wednesday. HughesON works to help organizations receive high-speed […] More

An L-3 Communications subsidiary has been awarded a one-year, $160.2 million contract modification to perform support work on 200 T-45 trainer jets at multiple naval air stations in the U.S. The Defense Department said Tuesday that L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace will provide organizational, intermediate, logistics and depot-level maintenance services for the U.S. Navy‘s aviation training […] More

Kevin Ramundo serves as vice president of communications for Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business segment. He previously served as VP of communications at Network Centric Systems with responsibility over media relations, internal communications, marketing communications, advertising, digital media, corporate citizenship and community relations. He held officer-level communication roles at Goodrich and Westinghouse Electric before he joined […] More

Steve Weiss brings a 30-year background in senior-level leadership and acquisition management experience to his role as executive vice president of government business operations at CACI International. Weiss also participates in CACI’s mergers and acquisitions program that former CEO Jack London started in 1992 and has since seen the company make 55 purchases, such as its buy of Six3 Systems in late 2013 […] More

Level 3 Communications has moved to thwart what it believes is a form of cyber attack by blocking data traffic to a network of servers in China, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The company detected a group of malicious computers that Level 3 says is responsible for denial-of-service-attacks on various websites, Drew Fitzgerald reports. […] More

Level 3 Communications and Comcast have inked a multi-year agreement to interconnect their networks in an effort to fulfill future customer requirements. The companies said Thursday the partnership is meant to expand both companies’ existing network capacity to exchange Internet traffic between the two networks at present and in the future. “We believe the agreement […] More

Communications sector executives such as Hughes Network Systems’ Rick Lober and Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch discussed the various system-level approaches to mobility services for the military in a panel discussion at Satellite 2015, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat senior vice president of government policy and strategy, said she believes mobility needs to be seen as a ubiquitous […] More

Level 3 Communications has been selected to deploy network connectivity services to Intelsat‘s Tysons Corner, Virginia-based headquarters and other sites across the U.S. Intelsat will expand its IntelsatOne terrestrial fiber and teleport network connected to Intelsat’s global satellite infrastructure using the service, Level 3 said Tuesday. “Level 3 remains committed to providing the network solutions for Intelsat to continue to grow and […] More

Level 3 Communications will offer Google‘s cloud platform to cloud ecosystem users in an effort to help developers and enterprises develop and deploy applications on Google’s infrastructure. Level 3 intends for the Google Cloud Platform to provide connectivity to enterprises via Google Cloud Interconnect, Level 3 said Wednesday. “The network is a critical link in enabling cloud computing, and the combination of […] More