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Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing, told shareholders Wednesday that the company wants to adopt an incremental strategy to build passenger airplanes instead of taking a once-a-generation development approach, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. “Our mind-set will be to avoid the moon shot,” McNerney said at the company’s annual investor meeting held Wednesday in Seattle. […] More
Boeing has released a new data analytics platform for warfighters to disseminate tactical data while conducting missions on the battlefield. The MicroTAC technology is embedded into a portable computer and seeks to help users search and extract information, even if connectivity becomes unavailable, Boeing said Tuesday. “When warfighters bring MicroTAC into theater, they have a […] More
Andrea Cunningham, founder and president of marketing consultancy Series C, has joined Avaya as chief marketing officer and will be based in Santa Clara, Calif. She will oversee strategic initiatives related to product marketing, branding, field marketing and demand generation for the company’s suite of enterprise communication and collaboration technology offerings, Avaya said Thursday. Cunningham […] More
Sotera Defense Solutions has won a prime position to compete for task orders under the Department of Homeland Security‘s Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II contract vehicle for the Functional Category 1 Unrestricted track. “This vehicle provides an excellent opportunity for Sotera and our teaming partners to deliver a wide range of mission-critical IT services and […] More
Lockheed Martin has won a position to compete for potential task orders in all service pools under the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle. OASIS is a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering, logistics, finance, science, program management and consulting services, with an option for an additional five years, Lockheed said Wednesday. The award is […] More
Thales has named three new executives to leadership posts around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Africa and the export sales unit, Thales said Thursday. Jean-Yves Tolot has been named vice president for Saudi Arabia where Thales has been active for 40 years, the company said. Tolot joined the firm in 2008 and most recently served […] More
Northrop Grumman has appointed Ben Palmer, Jon Anderson and Simon Cooper to business development leadership roles for the company’s Europe and U.K. organization. The company said Wednesday Palmer will be director of European strategy and business development, Anderson will be director of business development for C4ISR (land, maritime and civil) and Cooper will be director of business development for C4ISR (air). […] More
IBM has launched a new threat protection software designed to help customers block hackers that attempt to access desktops, laptops and other endpoint computing devices. The Trusteer Apex platform is built with behavioral analytics and security intelligence tools and aims to disrupt cyber threats throughout the entire attack lifecycle, IBM said Wednesday. “Through extensive research, IBM […] More
Roger Mason serves as senior vice president for national security and intelligence at Noblis and also oversees Noblis ESI, a wholly owned subsidiary. He was most recently the first assistant director of national intelligence for systems and resource analyses at ODNI where he advised senior leaders on critical intelligence decisions. He left his VP role at Noblis […] More
A team of NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers has begun integrating a thermal protection system onto the crew module of the agency’s Orion deep-space exploration vehicle. NASA plans to conduct a maiden test flight for the Orion spacecraft by Dec. 4, Lockheed said Wednesday. The test’s goal is to evaluate if the heat shield will […] More
Ball Aerospace has performed the final environmental tests for parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s telescope program. The  Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation telescope completed the thermal vacuum evaluations for two sections of its primary mirror composite back and hinge structures, Ball Aerospace said Tuesday. “By retiring risk and increasing [technology readiness level] […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne will supply six RL10C-1 production engines to Stratolaunch Systems Corp. under a contract for the third stage of a commercial air-launch system for Stratolaunch’s unmanned Thunderbolt rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday the contract also contains an option for six additional RL10C-1 engines for The Eagles Launch System, which is scheduled to launch Thunderbolt into space in 2018. “This contract expands our reach into […] More
