CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and Ball Aerospace and Technologies (NYSE: BLL) have won contracts potentially worth $49.5 million combined to perform research and development for the U.S. Air Force’s spectrum warfare technologies. The companies will use a multispectral synthetic battlespace simulation to combine sensor and electronic warfare systems as part of …

Steve Smith, director of systems engineering solutions at Ball Aerospace & Technologies, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the company’s SES business unit. He succeeds the retiring Dan Gibson and will oversee the unit’s contract performance and operations across the country, Ball Aerospace said Friday. Robert Strain, …

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. (NYSE: BLL) has received a $22, 954, 037 contract to modify and repair phased array antenna hardware for the U.S. Navy. The company’s tactical services unit will work to procure spares, redesign existing hardware and integrate hardware systems into a prototype, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Boulder, …

Ball Aerospace and Technology (NYSE: BLL) has won a $113 million contract to build an instrument for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s ozone mapping and profiling mission. Boulder, Colorado-based Ball Aerospace will also work to integrate the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite system into the Joint Polar Satellite System-2, test the instrument and support the spacecraft’s …

Jill Pomeroy and Michael O’Hara have joined Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (NYSE: BLL) as directors of legislative affairs and space business development, respectively. Pomeroy will be responsible for Ball Aerospace’s relations with the Congress for its defense and intelligence programs, Ball Aerospace said Tuesday. She most recently served as legislative affairs director …

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has won a $23.9 million contract from the NATO Seasparrow Project Office, with $10 million in options,  for the transition and production of the Stalker long-range electro-optical infrared laser sensor system. The company said Wednesday the contract covers up to fabrication, test and installation and includes options for spare components, …

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has made a series of executive appointments in its finance, communications and human resources units. Alison Medbury will succeed Bill Unger as vice president of finance as Unger moves to parent company Ball Corp.‘s (NYSE: BLL) North American beverage packaging business as VP of finance, Ball Aerospace said Monday. Vikki …

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will build an environmental measuring instrument for a joint U.S.-Taiwan observatory satellite constellation under a $5.8 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force. The company is contracted to build five Ion Velocity Meters for the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-2, Ball Aerospace said Wednesday. …

Ball Aerospace and Aerojet Rocketdyne are working with the U.S. Air Force and NASA in an effort to use an environmentally friendly propellant for launch vehicles and spacecraft, Satellite Today reported Dec. 23. Caleb Henry writes the ‘Green Propellant Infusion Mission” will have its first space test in 2015, “scheduled …

Dave Kaufman, a 12-year veteran of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., has been appointed vice president and general manager of the company’s national defense unit. He will work to develop acquisition strategies and address space hardware requirements for defense and intelligence customers in his new position, Ball Aerospace said Monday. …