NASA is looking for potential sources of a new main engine for the Orion spacecraft’s European service module, which serves as its main power and propulsion element for maneuvers in lunar orbit, SpaceNews reported Friday....
Pattonair, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, and Wesco Aircraft Holdings have merged through an approximately $1.9B deal in a move to grow customer base and footprint in the global supply chain management services market....
Nicolas Pujet, a corporate vice president and part of the strategy team at United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will lead technology and engineering operations at UTC on an interim basis, Hartford Courant reported Wednesday....
Chris Raymond, who most recently served as vice president and general manager of autonomous systems at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, has been appointed VP for enterprise strategy at the Chicago-based company, Reuters reported Wednesday. He reports to the company™s finance, enterprise performance and strateg...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT5PvUAgh-Q Jun.28 — Matthias Biniok, IBM AI Project lead, discusses Airbus and IBM sending an AI assistant to the International Space Station to interact with the astronauts. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on “Bloomberg Technology.”...
The Week’s Top GovCon News Stories View this email in your browser Weekly Roundup April 30 – May 4, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Executive Mosaic™s Weekly GovCon Round-Up: Wash100 GCW Reader™s Choice Awardees, Recent M&A Activity and Top 10 Stories Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO Wash...
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR) has agreed to buy Asco Industries™ Belgium-based parent company, S.R.I.F., for approximately $650 million in cash. Wichita, Kan.-based Spirit said Wednesday it expects to use new debt to fund the transaction that is scheduled to conclude in the second half of 2018, pending regulatory clearances and other customary...
The State Department has given Germany the green light to procure four Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems from the U.S. government through a potential $2.5 billion foreign military sales agreement. Northrop and Airbus™ defense and space business will serve as prime contractors in the proposed FMS deal in s...
Weekly Roundup March 12 – March 16, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Wash100 Update & Recent Contract Activity Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO The popular vote for the Wash100 continues this week! Turn out has been fantastic since the Wash100 popular vote polls opened on January 25th. Please visit the Wa...
Canada has named five aerospace companies that have been asked to participate in a potential $15 billion competition to produce 88 new fighter planes, Defense News reported Friday. Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Airbus, Dassault and Saab have been included in a list of approved suppliers that will be invited to submit proposals...
