Airbus and San Francisco-based vehicle manufacturing firm LM Industries have jointly established a company that will aim to address mobility challenges with the use of technology.

Chris Emerson, former president of the helicopter manufacturing business and head of North American operations at Airbus Group, has been named president of the aerospace contractor's Herndon, Va.-based defense and space division.

Chris Emerson, former president of the helicopter manufacturing business and head of North American operations at Airbus Group, has been named president of the aerospace contractor's Herndon, Va.-based defense and space division.

Senior leaders from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Airbus reaffirmed their partnership to explore and meet the aerial refueling needs of the U.S. military during a meeting at the Paris Air Show.

Kim Urbanchuk, former counsel and director of ethics and compliance at Airbus, has joined Parsons as chief ethics and compliance counsel. She will work to address compliance risks and support digital transformation efforts, the company said Thursday. Urbanchuk will also lead the company’s ethics and compliance program and help Parsons follow …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 1, 2018 — Iridium Communications’ (Nasdaq: IRDM) Aireon subsidiary has partnered with Airbus’ defense and space business to provide space-based aircraft tracking data to the latter’s recently launched airspace analytics platform, ExecutiveBiz reported July 20. Aireon said July 19 it will supply Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast data to …

Airbus‘ helicopter manufacturing business provide an additional 16 UH-72A Lakota helicopters to the U.S. Army under a five-year, $116.9 million modification to a previously awarded contract. The Army Contracting Command has obligated $58.4 million in fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work under …

Airbus‘ helicopter manufacturing business has received a potential three-year, $273.3 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with 35 units of the UH-72A Lakota aircraft. The Army Contracting Command solicited and received one bid for the procurement of light utility vehicles, the Defense Department said Thursday. The service branch will obligate $136.6 million …

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has wrapped up the purchase of the Airbus DS Communications business from Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment. Chicago-based Motorola said Wednesday it made the acquisition to expand its portfolio of command center and software enterprise platforms. Airbus DS Communications offers the VESTA emergency call-handling software designed to support text-to-911 …

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has agreed to buy Airbus’ communications business through the acquisition of the latter’s Plant Holdings subsidiary for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand 911 software offerings. Airbus DS Communications operates under Plant Holdings and provides command center software platforms that work to field emergency calls, Motorola …