Explore the largest military shipbuilding companies, building the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard fleet and ensuring maritime strength and security. Strengthening maritime presence has consistently remained a key priority of the U.S. federal government. In pursuit of this objective, the military engages in contracts with the largest shipbuilding co...
French aerospace and defense company Safran has agreed to purchase a Collins Aerospace business that offers aircraft actuation and flight control products in an approximately $1.8 billion cash deal. Safran said Friday it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of 2024 and to balance the company’s exposure to the military and com...
French aerospace and defense company Safran has agreed to purchase a Collins Aerospace business that offers aircraft actuation and flight control products in an approximately $1.8 billion cash deal. Safran said Friday it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of 2024 and to balance the company’s exposure to the military and com...
Eqlipse Technologies, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners, has acquired scientific research and technology development company UES for an undisclosed sum. Dayton, Ohio-headquartered UES provides support to defense and intelligence community customers, such as the Air Force Research Laboratory, investment banking fir...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) will provide flight crew operations, analyst training, mission preparation and execution support to the International Space Station and future human spaceflight programs under NASA’s potential nine-year, $1.93 billion Integrated Mission Operations Contract III. Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Barrios Technology will serve as major subc...
Ana White, a human resources professional, will officially join Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) as executive vice president and chief people officer on Sept. 1. She brings to Lumen decades of leadership experience in global HR strategy, innovation, change management and cultural transformation, the company said Thursday. For the past five years, Whi...
An HII (NYSE: HII) division has booked a $41 million task order to install and maintain integrated training systems for the U.S. Navy. HII Mission Technologies will support the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity in hardware and software modernization, cybersecurity, system maintenance and integration, configuration mana...
Executive Mosaic has appointed Jen Sovada, president of public sector at SandboxAQ, as chairman of the Quantum Group for its 4×24 executive leadership program. The 4×24 program is a widely-attended series of networking and dinner events designed for groups of senior-level industry executives and government leaders to foster...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Cyber awareness means strong risk management While it is true that anyone and everyone is vulnerable to cyber-attacks, there are available protections and defenses for helping mitigate those threats. It starts with having a risk management strategy and being proactive. Because of the emer...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force is looking toward a revised strategy in how it goes about procuring technologies from industry partners and encouraging innovation in the commercial sector. In order to speed up the fielding and implementation of new tools, DAF leaders are turning to alternative sources for products and services. “We have...
