Six companies have won spots on a potential seven-year, $538 million contract to engineer and integrate battle management and command-and-control systems for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force received 10 offers for its Platform for Engineering and Integration of Tactical and Strategic Systems contract through a competitive process and has ...
A United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to produce lots 9 and 10 of F135 engines for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will build 167 F135 low-rate initial production propulsion engines for the three F-35 variants and pr...
Robert Leduc, a 35-year veteran of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has been named president of UTC’s aircraft engine unit Pratt & Whitney. He will succeed Paul Adams, who has led the business since 2014 and will retire by the end of February after a 17-year career at UTC, the company said Thursday. Ledu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 12, 2016 ” Siemens‘ government technologies subsidiary and the National Park Service have installed two solar array systems at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia as part of a 2014 Energy Savings Performance Contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NPS said Jan. 5 the two solar panels will work&nb...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a potential $130.6 million contract to update the target acquisition designation sight and pilot night vision sensors on U.S. Army Apache helicopters. Lockheed said Thursday it will produce modernized day sensor assembly kits and spares for the Army and the Qatar Emiri Air Force at its facilities in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 7, 2016 ” Battelle and its partners Schlumberger, Solexperts and the University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center have been chosen by the Energy Department to drill a borehole in North Dakota to test its feasibility for disposal of high-level radioactive waste and development o...
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary, has received a $317.8 million contract modification to maintain F119 engines for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the company is scheduled to complete work under the contract on Dec. 31. The Air Force uses F119 engines to power its F-22 Raptor aircr...
AeroVironment has tapped Robert “Rob” Smith as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Smith’s appointment, which will become official April 13, underscores AV’s focus on scaling production and strengthening supply chain capabilities to meet growing demand, the global defense technology company said Thurs...
GreyNoise Intelligence has launched Command and Control Detection, a new intelligence module designed to identify active cyber compromises using outbound network traffic data. GreyNoise’s launch of its C2 Detection platform comes as government and industry leaders prepare to address evolving cyberthreats at upcoming forums. Register now for th...
The U.S. Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies and nine other companies to provide space domain awareness capability under a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to $1.8 billion. Lockheed Martin is a gold sponsor at the Po...
