Impulse Space has raised $45 million in a round of Series A financing led by the venture capital arm of aerospace and defense contractor RTX (NYSE: RTX) The startup company said Monday it will use the money from the oversubscribed round to further develop Helios, its largest space vehicle designed to bring payloads directly to...
Tony Gingiss, formerly chief operating officer at Virgin Orbit, has assumed the COO role at satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP). He brings to the role more than two decades of production, operations and leadership experience in the defense and aerospace industries, Terran Orbital said Wednesday. Gingiss previously oversaw day-to-day o...
The U.S. subsidiary of MBDA will manufacture common anti-air modular missiles for maritime use under a potential $145.56 million contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command. Under the four-year contract, MBDA Inc. will produce CAMM systems for installation on multi-mission surface combatant vessels of domestic and international cus...
Executive Mosaic, the government contracting sector’s leading media and events organization, is honored to announce the winners of the 2023 Wash100 Award in celebration of the award’s 10th anniversary. The Wash100 Award, GovCon’s most powerful accolade, annually honors the top 100 executives of consequence in the government contracting co...
Dan Fermon, interim chief operating officer at Firefly Aerospace since May, has been appointed to the COO position on a full-time basis. He will continue to oversee a range of business operations at the Texas-based space transportation company including the production of the Alpha rocket for future launch missions and the establishment of the Propul...
Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Airbus and Leonardo will advance to the next phase of an estimated $1.15 billion acquisition program to replace the U.K. air force’s Puma HC.2 medium support helicopter platform, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. A British defense ministry spokesperson said the agency intends to ask all four c...
QinetiQ was established in the United Kingdom in 2001 when the Ministry of Defence split its Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into two organizations. The smaller of the two organizations stayed in the public sector and evolved into Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, while the larger of the two was privatized and became QinetiQ. Now,...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver the CH-47F Chinook aircraft to the German armed forces for its heavy-lift helicopter program, with the potential Foreign Military Sales deal reportedly reaching $4.29 billion in estimated value. The defense company said Wednesday it was selected to provide Germany with the NATO-interoperable Chinook aircraft to meet it...
John Roth, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined AAR Corp. as vice president of business development for the company’s government services business, according to his LinkedIn post. He most recently served as director of strategy and business development for the Future Programs at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and previously held a similar r...
The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded contracts to Airbus’ U.S. arm, Capella Space, ICEYE, Umbra and PredaSAR to develop commercial radar systems. NRO said Thursday it issued a broad agency announcement framework for strategic commercial enhancements in October 2021 with commercial radar as the first focus area. The agency’s Strategic C...
