Airbus‘ helicopter manufacturing business has received a potential three-year, $273.3 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with 35 units of the UH-72A Lakota aircraft. The Army Contracting Command solicited and received one bid for the procurement of light utility vehicles, the Defense Department said Thursday. The service b...
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has wrapped up the purchase of the Airbus DS Communications business from Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment. Chicago-based Motorola said Wednesday it made the acquisition to expand its portfolio of command center and software enterprise platforms. Airbus DS Communications offers the VES...
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has agreed to buy Airbus™ communications business through the acquisition of the latter™s Plant Holdings subsidiary for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand 911 software offerings. Airbus DS Communications operates under Plant Holdings and provides command center software platforms that work to fi...
Jeff Robertson, formerly president and managing partner of Ten Eight Solutions, has been appointed to succeed Bob Freinberg as president and CEO of the communications business within Airbus‘ defense and space segment. The company said Tuesday Robertson will oversee Airbus DS Communications‘ strategic initiatives ...
Global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) has concluded its approximately $1.2 billion purchase of the defense electronics business of Airbus Group. France-based Airbus first announced the transaction in March 2016 as part of the company’s defense and space portfolio reorganization. Airbus said Tu...
Airbus‘ defense and space business has been awarded a potential $212 million contract by the European Space Agency to produce a second service module for the Orion spacecraft that Lockheed Martin currently builds for NASA. Airbus said Thursday the second European service module will be built to provide ...
Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus‘ defense and space segment, has said he expects to see changes to military spending in Europe next year and anticipates “intensive” discussions among European countries about the future of NATO, Reuters reported Tuesday. “This discussion is long overdue when you consider that only five...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 17, 2017 ” Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, has said the company aims to expand its mobility service offerings through its partnership with Airbus. He said in an interview with ExecutiveBiz published Jan. 10 Hughes w...
Airbus has secured a $506 million contract from the U.K.’s defense ministry to provide in-service support for the Atlas A400M airlifters of the British air force. The ministry said Thursday the contract covers maintenance, upgrade and repair services for the country’s Atlas fleet through 2026. Julian Young, chief...
Canada has selected Airbus-built C-295 to serve as the next fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft and replace the country™s fleet of aging C-130s and Buffalo planes under a potential $2.3 billion contract, Defense News reported Wednesday. David Pugliese writes Harjit Sajjan, Canada™s defense minister, and Judy Foote, the co...
