Photo: NiDerLander ClearedJobs.net recently held its Cleared Job Fair in Washington, D.C., which featured such companies as CACI, L-3 Communications, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, ManTech, Mission Essential Personnel, Northrop Grumman, SAIC and USIS. The site helps those who have worked in government and have security clearance. Most of the job seekers had held jobs [...]
Several top defense contractors, including Raytheon Co. (RTN.N), L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LL.N) and Cobham Plc (COB.L), have signaled interest in the auction of cybersecurity firm Applied Signal Technology Inc. (APSG.O). Sources told Reuters Applied Signal received the first round of bids in November from several top defense contractors. Applied Signal had management meetings with [...]
As Veterans Day approaches, L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) is supporting the troops in its own way. The company announced its STRATIS division has been included as one of three prime contractors for intelligence support services in Afghanistan. L-3 will provide multifunctional analysis, counterintelligence support, signals intelligence analysis and program management services. L-3 has a history [...]
Getting your company’s message out there isn’t just the job of your corporate communications team. It’s your job, too, says Rick Kiernan, vice president of strategic communications for L-3 Communications (right). That mission-critical task matters now more than ever, he adds. “The lifeblood of any organization is its people, their ability to communicate internally and [...]
With the change in administration and push toward insourcing, every contract executive’s job just got a little tougher. Challenges abound: Faster turnaround time for proposals, tightening federal budgets, new compliance guidelines, plus increasing competition for talent and bids. Add to the mix contentious debate over the definition of “inherently governmental services” — a conundrum exacerbated [...]
Joanne Newman joined L-3 Communications Corporation in May 2001. Here’s her take on the current contracts environment: ExecutiveBiz: How, if at all, is the current insourcing discussion affecting your overall approach to business? Joanne Newman: The inherently governmental discussion is being looked at hard within L-3. We’re anticipating and in fact are now negotiating a [...]
What’s in this week’s mailbag from New York–based L-3 Communications, the sixth largest defense company in the United States? A few changes at the top. General (Retired) Charles F. “Chuck” Wald has been appointed L-3’s new Corporate Vice President of International Business. Leaving that position is Ted McFarland, who is taking on a new role [...]
