Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/23/2014

Posted by Ross Wilkers on December 23, 2014 in News | 28 Views

FAA Awards Raytheon $350M for Air Traffic Control Updates; Michael Espinola Comments

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $350 million contract modification with the Federal Aviation Administration to extend the company’s air traffic control center modernization work under the FAA’s Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement program to September 2017…

Report: Boeing, Navy Talk Growler Production Extension Through 2017

Boeing is working with the U.S. Navy on a potential contract modification to extend production of the EA-18G Growler aircraft through the end of 2017 to accommodate the additional 15 planes funded by Congress, Reuters reported Friday…

Sally Yates to Be Nominated Deputy Attorney General

President Barack Obama plans to nominate Sally Yates, a federal prosecutor from Georgia, as deputy attorney general at the Justice Department, Reuters reported Monday. Julia Edwards writes that Yates will serve as acting deputy attorney general beginning Jan…

SAIC Founder Robert Beyster Dies at Age 90

Dr. Robert Beyster, the iconic founder of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) and a legend in the GovCon sector, died Monday morning of natural causes at age 90, the family said on Beyster’s personal blog Monday…

Kathy Lueders: NASA, Industry Partners Eye Continued Commercial Crew Program Work in 2015

NASA and its industry partners Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corp. and SpaceX together passed 23 milestones in the Commercial Crew Program in 2014 as they seek to develop crew space transportation systems…