John Suttle John Suttle, formerly senior vice president of communications at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been appointed to the newly-created position of SVP of international business development. The retired U.S. Army lieutenant general will oversee international business development processes and work to develop partnerships and strategies... 

BAE Systems has won a $8,268,703 contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the CO, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget Year the "changes" clause. Not issued without... 

BAE Systems has won a $57 million contract to manufacture gun systems for a new fleet of Malaysian navy warships, Defense News reports. Andrew Chuter writes the company will build the 57-milimeter Mk3 guns at its Karlskoga, Sweden-based gun operation and is scheduled to deliver the weapons to Malaysia in mid-2015. Boustead Naval Shipyard is building... 

  Gary Slack Gary Slack, formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer for QinetiQ North America, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer at the Reston, Va.-based defense technology maker. Slack’s promotion is effective April 2013, according to his biography on QNA’s website, which also says he currently... 

EADS shareholders overwhelmingly approved changes to the aerospace and defense conglomerate’s ownership structure and a 15 percent share buyback plan, Reuters reports. According to Tim Hepher’s report, EADS CEO Tom Enders said the changes would change government involvement in the group from regulator to customer and give management independence. France and... 

Defense technology maker Curtiss-Wright Corp. (NYSE:CW) has won a potential $250 million contract to build a mission computer and a network switch for a BAE Systems-Northrop Grumman team (NYSE: NOC) pursuing a U.S. Army ground vehicle program. The BAE-Northrop team is one of two teams holding a technology development contract for the Army’s Ground... 

BAE Systems and STR have each won contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an electronic warfare system for an agency program aimed at countering adversaries’ radars. DARPA’s Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program now includes six contractors such as Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI), who joined... 

BAE Systems has won a $127 million contract to develop infrastructure and software for the National Security Agency aimed at helping address the agency’s high-performance computing needs. The company’s intelligence and security team will provide architecture, install and manage the NSA High Performance Computing Infrastructure Group’s network... 

U.S. Navy photo Australia has requested to purchase 24 Boeing-made (NYSE: BA) fighter jets through a foreign military sales agreement potentially worth $3.7 billion. The Australian military intends to use the 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and 12 EA-18G Growler jets for current and future coalition missions and for homeland defense against regional threats,... 

BAE Systems has won a $28 million production order to build combat helmets for the U.S. Marine Corps. This new order, an option under a contract won in 2010, brings the cumulative value of the contract to nearly $56 million, BAE said Thursday. The company has provided more than 800,000 helmets have been fielded to U.S. Marines and soldiers since 1986,...