BAE Systems has secured a $365 million contract from NASA to build an air quality monitoring instrument for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite constellation. The GeoXO Atmospheric Composition instrument is a hyperspectral spectrometer that will take hourly observations of air pol...
Heather Newlin, a GovCon industry executive, has joined federal information technology company NuAxis Innovations as chief delivery officer. NuAxis Innovations CEO Raza Latif announced Newlin’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. “With Heather’s extensive experience in service delivery and her expertise in leading m...
BAE Systems has expanded its modeling and simulation solutions business with the addition of Topaz Intelligence, a custom intelligence services provider acquired through its Ball Aerospace acquisition in February. Under the integration, BAE Systems said Thursday it will work with Topaz Intelligence to market intelligence-as-a-service offerings to...
A BAE Systems business arm has secured a $459.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide hardware components for a multi-mode radio designed to provide line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications on aviation platforms. BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration will also perform repair services and technical, engineer...
BAE Systems has secured a pair of contract modifications worth $104 million combined to build additional amphibious combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Monday it will produce and deliver production representative test vehicles to support government testing of the ACV’s recovery variant in 2025 under a $79 million contra...
Tom Terjesen, an information technology industry leader, has returned to Peraton as senior vice president and chief information officer. In this capacity, he will oversee the implementation of Peraton’s IT strategy to drive growth initiatives and meet operational, employee experience and financial objectives and serve as a senior IT adviser to the...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has named Lisa Bishop, formerly vice president overseeing analytics support to Department of Defense elements in Europe, as a senior VP and appointed Patrick Biltgen, formerly principal, as a VP. In her new role, Bishop will lead a team tasked with providing defense intelligence services to customers in the Washington...
BAE Systems has secured a five-year, $318 million contract to help the U.S. Army sustain its fleet of self-propelled howitzers and carrier, ammunition, tracked vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will provide engineering and logistics services to deliver new capabilities, maintenance and testing for the Army’s M109A6 and A7 howitzers and t...
Rich Carter, former vice president at MAG Aerospace, was appointed chief revenue officer at McKinney, Texas-headquartered Albers Aerospace, according to a LinkedIn announcement. He will be responsible for revenue, growth and strategic direction for the aerospace company supporting defense, intelligence, international and commercial customers. Some o...
The State Department has approved the government of Bahrain’s request to procure M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $2.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Bahrain has asked to procure 50 M1A2 System Enhancement Program version 3 vehicles, four M88A2 Hercules combat recovery ve...
