Subsidiaries of BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) have received contract modifications worth a combined $237.7 million to maintain, repair and update surface combatants that are visiting or stationed at a U.S. Navy base in San Diego. The Defense Department said Friday the modifications exercise …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 19, 2018 — BAE Systems could see a new international order for nine Hawk trainer aircraft after Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah indicated government plans to increase its procurement from six trainers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Dow Jones Newswires reported Wednesday that Al-Attiyah declared the new total …

Dave Wallen, senior vice president of ManTech International‘s (Nasdaq: MANT) cyber operations and exploitation business, will officially join KeyW on Jan. 29 as SVP of the Hanover, Maryland-based company’s advanced cyber business. KeyW said Tuesday Wallen will bring more than 30 years of experience in leading strategies, growth and teams that support the intelligence …

The U.S. Navy has awarded $158 million in contract modifications to subsidiaries of BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) to perform maintenance work on amphibious ships homeported in San Diego. BAE’s San Diego Ship Repair unit, HII’s Continental Maritime of San Diego  subsidiary and General Dynamics’ NASSCO business will help the Navy maintain, repair or …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 16, 2018 — BAE Systems has teamed with Iveco Defence Vehicles on a proposal to build the U.S. Marine Corps‘ amphibious combat vehicles following an engineering and manufacturing development phase, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. BAE said Jan. 9 the team’s offering for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 program is designed to …

Matt Vaughan, formerly senior vice president within Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) health business, has been named president of the contract research organization at Battelle. He succeeds Steve Kelly, who retired Jan. 2 after a 25-year career at the Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit research and development company, Battelle said Tuesday. “Matt brings a unique …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2018 — BAE Systems has unveiled a new service that works to secure integrated supply chains against cyber threats and breaches using a cloud environment, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. IFSEC Global reported Friday the Supply Chain Assurance cybersecurity tool aims to mitigate security risks in the supplier network …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 5, 2018 — A BAE Systems-led team is working to design and manufacture a common armament testing platform for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-1B, B-2A and B-52H bomber aircraft under a potential $64.5 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. BAE partner Marvin Test Solutions said Wednesday the Bomber Armament Tester system will serve to test all …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2017 — BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and the U.K. defense electronics and components agency have jointly received the top honor during the Minister for Defense Procurement Acquisition Awards ceremony for their work on the F-35 program in the country, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Northrop …

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems two contracts worth $183.8 million combined and a potential $11.5 million contract modification to maintain two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship. BAE will provide human resources and facilities to help maintain, repair and upgrade the USS Howard (DDG 83) destroyer …