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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Lockheed Martin plans to establish a maintenance, repair and operations center to work with aviation customers in India and other South Asian countries, the New India Express reported Monday. Sunitha Natti writes Lockheed is carrying out a feasibility analysis to study market requirements and potential locations for an aircraft engine MRO center in India. “We […] More
Information Builders has partnered with risk advisory firm IPSA International to offer a software application product for companies to manage risks in trade finance transactions. OmniTrade‘s goal is to help financial institutions comply with the U.S. Treasury Department‘s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules, IPSA said Thursday. The companies showcased the platform at the FIBA […] More
Sterling Global Operations and Special Diving Services Holland will work together to execute salvage and minesweeping work on an Iraqi tanker ship that sunk off the coast of Kuwait during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. SGO will deploy surface-supplied divers that will work to remove the wreckage of the sunken 82,000-ton Amuriyah crude carrier that […] More
By Light Professional IT Services has designed and installed an enterprise wireless network system for the Justice Department‘s U.S. attorneys executive office. DOJ awarded By Light a five-year blanket purchase agreement for the work to help build and deploy WLAN infrastructures for managing sensitive but unclassified data, By Light said Thursday. The firm completed WLAN installation […] More
Verizon invested more than $711 million in Internet Protocol and fiber optic network services for businesses, government organizations and households across Virginia during 2013. The company’s spending on wireline infrastructure systems in the state has totaled approximately $3.7 billion over the past five years, Verizon said Friday. Christopher Childs, a regional president for Verizon’s consumer […] More
Cisco has invested $6 million in a Jordan-based venture capital fund that backs entrepreneurs who are developing mobile, healthcare, digital media and e-commerce technologies. The Badia Impact Fund was established to provide capital and networking support to Jordanian technology startups, Cisco said Thursday. In May 2011, Cisco announced it would commit $10 million in funding […] More
A study from Booz Allen Hamilton and the Government Business Council recommends government and industry align their expectations in order to meet the requirements of defense acquisition programs. The Booz Allen-backed study polled 340 federal and defense leaders to assess their views on military procurement and potential reform in the process, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Eighty-five […] More
Gilat Satellite Networks will develop a portfolio of ground-based terminals and related services for enterprise customers of an Inmarsat global mobile satellite communications service. Inmarsat selected Gilat to build very small aperture terminals and network management services for the Global Xpress satellite value-added reseller program, Gilat said Wednesday. The partnership aims to drive adoption of the GX […] More
A Materion Corp. subsidiary is collaborating with Lockheed Martin to become a qualified supplier of aluminum-beryllium casting technology for the F-35 fighter jet’s electro-optical targeting system. Materion Brush Beryllium & Composites produces aluminum-beryllium composites used in the F-35 EOTS and also seeks to offer its investment casting products to the Lockheed-led program, Materion said Thursday. […] More
General Dynamics NASSCO has handed to the U.S. Navy a second mobile landing platform-class vessel that is designed for amphibious staging and vehicle transfer operations. The General Dynamics subsidiary began construction work on the USNS John Glenn in April 2012 and plans to undock the third MLP ship in November, NASSCO said Wednesday. Fred Harris, NASSCO […] More
Northrop Grumman has started to integrate two downlink phased array antennas into the payload of a fourth advanced extremely high frequency military communications satellite being built by Lockheed Martin. The companies are working together to integrate the AEHF satellite payload under a hybrid integration framework, Northrop said Tuesday. Northrop designed the AEHF antennas to operate […] More
CGI Group is supporting an OpenText-hosted annual innovation event that showcases enterprise-grade information management technologies globally. CGI has been working with OpenText for more than a decade and serves as a premier-level sponsor of this year’s OpenText Innovation Tour, CGI said Tuesday. “As one of our important global partners, CGI is helping OpenText take our innovations […] More
