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Jason Yaley Named ACT I Chief of Staff, Corporate Affairs Leader; Michael Niggel QuotedExecutive Moves

Jason Yaley Named ACT I Chief of Staff, Corporate Affairs Leader; Michael Niggel Quoted

Jason Yaley, former civil servant at the Department of Defense, has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as corporate chief…
Comtech to Acquire Gilat in $532.5M Cash-and-Stock Deal; Fred Kornberg QuotedM&A Activity

Comtech to Acquire Gilat in $532.5M Cash-and-Stock Deal; Fred Kornberg Quoted

Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has agreed to buy Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) for $10.25 per share or approximately $532.5M…
Iridum, AWS Debut Satellite Cloud-Based IoT Service; Matt Desch QuotedNews

Iridum, AWS Debut Satellite Cloud-Based IoT Service; Matt Desch Quoted

Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and Amazon Web Services have officially launched a satellite-enabled cloud computing service offering for connected device users…
Craig Ackerman Named Mitre Operations, Transformation VPExecutive Moves

Craig Ackerman Named Mitre Operations, Transformation VP

Craig Ackerman, who previously served as principal of the federal practice at management consulting and advisroy firm Chazey Partners, has…
Raytheon to Help Air Force Build IR Satellite Data Processing TechContract Awards

Raytheon to Help Air Force Build IR Satellite Data Processing Tech

Raytheon has developed and tested a prototype system for the U.S. Air Force to process and manage huge amounts of satellite data as…
BAE’s R&D Group to Develop Mixed-Mode RF Signal Processing Tech for DARPAContract Awards

BAE’s R&D Group to Develop Mixed-Mode RF Signal Processing Tech for DARPA

A BAE Systems research and development team has been selected to build mixed-mode signal processing technology under a Defense Advanced Research Projects…
Stephen Steinour Joins Battelle Board; Lou Von Thaer QuotedExecutive Moves

Stephen Steinour Joins Battelle Board; Lou Von Thaer Quoted

Stephen Steinour, president and CEO of bank holding company Huntington Bancshares, has joined the board of directors of Battelle.
Greg Hayes: UTC Eyes Raytheon Merger Completion in AprilM&A Activity

Greg Hayes: UTC Eyes Raytheon Merger Completion in April

Greg Hayes, chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), said UTC hopes to close its potential $120B merger…
Five Firms Win Spots on Navy’s Potential $851M Non-Nuclear Ship Modernization IDIQContract Awards

Five Firms Win Spots on Navy’s Potential $851M Non-Nuclear Ship Modernization IDIQ

The U.S. Navy has awarded five companies positions on a potential five-year, $851M contract to modernize, sustain and repair non-nuclear…
Lockheed Wins Potential $812M Follow-On Production Contract for Navy Electronic Warfare System VariantsContract Awards

Lockheed Wins Potential $812M Follow-On Production Contract for Navy Electronic Warfare System Variants

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential $812.1M follow-on contract to produce new variants of the U.S. Navy's current shipboard electronic…