Defense technology manufacturer Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has agreed to purchase Switzerland-based military and aerospace computing company CES Creative Electronic Systems for $38 million to add new avionics and platform management products. Chelmsford, Mass.-based Mercury said Thursday it expects to close the transaction by the end of this year and will fund the deal with cash on …
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ITT, Mercury Announce Joint Initiative, Will Develop UAV Video Intelligence
ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced yesterday an agreement to jointly develop an airborne solution that streams imagery and video intelligence from an unmanned aerial system platform to operational users. The joint initiative will work to improve the latency and data integrity inherent in …
Read More »Terry Ryan Announced as President of ManTech Systems Engineering & Advanced Technology Group
Former Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance for the Department of Defense, Terry Ryan has been appointed President of the Systems Engineering & Advanced Technology Group at ManTech. Ryan’s past experience includes executive level positions at SAIC and SRA International, as well as 10 years served in the military. More …
Read More »Intel, Lockheed, Three Other Tech Firms Integrate Tech Products to Secure Client Workloads
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) and Supermicro have developed computing platforms that employ a full-stack workload protection technology built through a partnership between Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).
Read More »Constellis Director Terry Ryan Becomes CEO, Executive Chairman
Terry Ryan, lead director at Constellis and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, took the helm of the Herndon, Virginia-based company as its CEO and executive chairman. Ryan succeeds Tim Reardon, who stepped down from the chief executive position to “pursue other interests," and brings more than two decades of government services industry experience to his new roles, Constellis said Tuesday.
Read More »Kathy Warden Named AIA Board Chair, Mike Petters to Serve as Vice Chair
Kathy Warden – chairman, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and a 2020 Wash100 winner -- has been appointed to succeed Kelly Ortberg as chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association's board of governors. AIA named Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, as vice chairman.
Read More »Raytheon Wins Army Lower Tier Air, Missile Defense Sensor Contract
The U.S. Army has selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to build a new radar technology for the service branch's Patriot missiles under a $384M initial firm-fixed-price contract, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Read More »Former USAF Official Lisa Disbrow Joins BlackBerry Board
Lisa Disbrow, who served as the 25th undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force from January 2015 to June 2017, has been appointed to serve on the audit and risk management committee of BlackBerry's (NYSE: BB) board of directors.
Read More »Mary Louise Krakauer Joins DXC Board of Directors; Mike Lawrie Comments
Mary Louise Krakauer, formerly executive vice president and chief information officer at Dell Corp., has been appointed to DXC Technology‘s (NYSE: DXC) board of directors. She brings information technology, operations and human resources experience from multiple technology firms to the DXC board, the company said Thursday. “Her experience and judgment will make …
Read More »Air Force Adds 18 Companies to $950M Battle Management System Dev’t IDIQ; Will Roper Quoted
The U.S. Air Force has included 18 additional companies as awardees on a potential five-year, $950M contract to develop, test, integrate and demonstrate elements of the Advanced Battle Management System, the service reported Wednesday.
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