A team comprising Dynetics and Radiance Technologies team has been selected to build the core stage Pathfinder vehicle for NASA™s Space Launch System under a delivery order awarded through a potential five-year, $350 million contract vehicle. Team technical lead Dynetics said Thursday the companies will work to fabricate, assemble and transport...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2016 ” UTC Aerospace Systems has received a subcontract from Boeing (NYSE: BA) to produce landing gear systems for U.S. Air Force aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary said Tuesday it will provide the landing gear for the Boeing-bu...
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 ...
Tiffanny Gates, formerly vice president of cyber strategies at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, has joined Novetta as president of the company’s federal division. Gates will be responsible for the company’s projects for the U.S. government and for the division’s strategy, business development and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, is one of nine executives who have joined the board of advisers at the Center for a New American Security, GovCon Executive reported Friday. CNAS said Thursday the executives come from the defense...
Wahid Nawabi, chief operating officer at AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV), will assume additional duties as president of the company. Nawabi previously served as senior vice president and general manager of the company™s efficient energy systems business segment, with responsibility in business strategy and new product launch, AeroVironment sa...
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...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded a Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) business, L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) subsidiary Aerojet Rocketdyne and Corvid Technologies positions on a potential $877 million follow-on contract to provide suborbital launch support services for the Rocket Systems Launch Program.Hear government leaders ...
Defense technology firm Vibrint has appointed Chris Oliver, a national security technology executive, as general manager of products. The company said Tuesday Oliver will oversee planning, operations and expansion efforts for Vibrint’s national security-focused products business. “Chris brings deep experience supporting natio...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a $1.45 billion contract from the Department of Defense to advance testing for hypersonic technology. The company said Monday the five-year deal supports the Pentagon’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed, or MACH-TB, 2.0 program. “We are honored to be selected to be par...
