Morgan Keese, formerly director of communications at Airbus U.S. Space and & Defense, has been appointed chief of staff at the Arlington, Virginia-based contractor, she announced Monday in a LinkedIn post. She has been with the company since August 2019 and previously served as director of government relations. Keese spent three years within the...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has secured a two-year, $182 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide a ground-based air defense system to Ukraine as part of a military aid package. The Department of Defense obligated the full amount to procure National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems using fiscal 2022 Ukraine Security A...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Altamira Technologies, KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Radiance Technologies a potential $280 million modification under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for geospatial intelligence and measurement and signature intelligence research and development support. The award brings the total potential value of the mult...
The Department of Defense has issued a presolicitation notice to solicit feedback from industry stakeholders on a draft request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $499 million contract to design, build and test anti-tamper systems meant to protect critical program information from reverse engineering attempts and other adversarial efforts. The D...
The United States Space Force has trained an “unblinking eye” on its top pacing challenge and adversary, China, as the U.S. races to maintain space dominance in the increasingly contested and hostile domain, according to Brig. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, the Space Force’s new director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. In recent years,...
The U.S. Army’s Capability Sets were introduced in 2021 in order to lay out a roadmap for maintaining a modern, technologically advanced service branch that will be prepared for any challenges adversaries could bring their way. The Capability Sets are mission protocols designed to be completed and phased out every two years. This effort began wit...
Kris Perry, formerly head of research and integration division at Intelligent Waves, has elevated to the role of vice president of engineering at the company. He will bring to the role over two decades of technological insight and understanding of defense systems and missions to oversee the design and delivery of novel platforms to customers...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a potential $96.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce Group B Ground and System Integration Lab materials. The 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity and obligated the full contract amount at the time of award using foreign mi...
Precision Aviation Group, an Atlanta-based portfolio company of private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners, has agreed to buy PTB Group, which provides engine support services to the aerospace and defense industries. PAG said Tuesday it aims to complete the acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2022. Australia-based PTB is composed of Pacific Turb...
Nicole Piasecki Kymeta has announced the appointment of aerospace industry veteran Nicole Piasecki to the board of directors and Fran Beaudette, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to the board of advisers. Piasecki has more than 35 years of experience at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and United Technologies Corp. and her appointment comes following the ret...
