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Lockheed Martin officially welcomed Romania to the group of countries that utilize the F-16 4th generation multi-role fighter, Lockheed said Wednesday. The Romanian Air Force will become the 28th F-16 customer when it receives 12 aircraft from Portugal in a third-party transfer. “We look forward to supporting Romania’s aircraft fleet modernization and establishing an enduring relationship as […] More
Sarah MacConduibh, vice president of MITRE’s air force portfolio, has been named to the Boston Business Journal’s Mass High Tech Women to Watch list for 2014, MITRE said Monday. In her role, MacConduibh is responsible for 1,000 technical staff who work on technical priorities for the Air Force. Some of the focus areas her team works on […] More
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new small unmanned aerial vehicle that the company built to be waterproof and to function with autonomous flight, landing and fail-safe features. “Vector Hawk” weighs four pounds, has a four-inch vertical profile and a software-defined radio that works to help carry out mobile mesh networking tasks, the company said Tuesday. “The Vector […] More
Laurinda Pang, formerly chief human resources officer at Level 3 Communications firm, will succeed Thomas Stortz as executive vice president and chief administrative officer, the company said Tuesday. In her new role, Pang will be responsible for global company functions to include human resources, corporate strategy, corporate development, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility. Jeff Storey, president and […] More
Murray Sargant, formerly a vice president at SuccessFactors, has been appointed Informatica SVP of the Asia Pacific region and Japan, the company said Monday. He will work out of the Hong Kong office and be responsible for business, sales and customer facing operations for the company. “To compete globally as well as regionally, companies in Asia Pacific require innovative data […] More
After forging through the Capitol area’s (extended) winter weather season, CenturyLink is heading into Spring with an updated shine and presence around the beltway. New rooftop and street-level canopy signs now adorn the firm’s federal government sales office in Arlington, displaying the CenturyLink name and pathways symbol brightly across the street from the Ballston Metro […] More
Leidos, and Major League Soccer club D.C. United have announced that they will celebrate Armed Forces Week by setting up and participating in five days of events leading up to Armed Forces Night, Leidos said Thursday. The events will take place May 12-17 and include an armed forces clinic, first team open training, armed forces […] More
ATK‘s board of directors has approved a plan to spinoff its sporting group into an independent, publicly-traded company as part of an agreement to merge ATK’s aerospace and defense business groups with Orbital Sciences. Mark DeYoung, president and CEO of Arlington, Va.-based ATK, will serve as chairman and CEO of the commercial ammunition and sporting […] More
Mobile communications operators could lose customers at increasing rates if the Federal Communications Commission implements a plan to unlock all mobile devices, Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas writes in an April 15 op-ed piece for RCR Wireless. According to Thomas, operators are looking to apply big data and predictive analytics methods for addressing customer issues at faster times […] More
Joe Stein, the retired U.S. Air Force Major General who most recently helped lead the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense’s policy posture with NATO and Europe, has joined SkyLink Aviation as the firm’s senior executive for operational strategy. The company pointed to Stein’s leadership experience as a commander of large aviation organizations, and at […] More
Dexter Conrad has been appointed business development manager for training and simulation at Intelligent Decisions, the company said Monday. The more than 20-year military and industry veteran has held senior management roles at L-3 Communications and Engility Corp. “Dexter’s experience will allow ID to better prepare our military for the situations they will encounter in theater and will […] More
A Huntington Ingalls Industries division is partnering with Old Dominion University on a joint apprentice and degree program where students will have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree while completing a marine engineer apprenticeship, Huntington Ingalls said Wednesday. Newport News Shipbuilding says it will provide on-the-job engineering experience on some of the most complex […] More
