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 ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ (Nasdaq: KTOS) unmanned aerial systems business and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have won spots on a potential six-year, $400M contract to develop Skyborg unmanned air vehicle prototypes....
Mitre has joined Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) as a founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Dark Reading reported Monday. The newly established Space ISAC focuses on the cybersecurity of space systems....
David Rodgers, a defense industry executive, has joined Ultra Intelligence & Communications as vice president of global sales. Ultra I&C said Tuesday Rodgers will oversee the company’s domestic and international sales initiatives and support business development efforts for the U.S. military and foreign defense ministries. “David...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 17 companies positions on a potential $499 million contract to design, develop, test and deliver anti-tamper systems to protect critical program information and technologies from adversarial tamper efforts. The Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio launched a competitive acquisition...
Modernization is one of the U.S. Air Force’s top priorities, and USAF leaders have highlighted artificial intelligence as a major part of the service branch’s transformation efforts. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin expects the future to “be about human machine teaming,” and Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall recently sai...
Executive Mosaic, the industry-leading events, media and executive branding organization in the government contracting sector, is pleased to launch the first-ever GovCon stock market tracker, GovCon Index. GovCon Index is an aggregate index meticulously crafted and tracked in real-time using data from 30 leading publicly traded companies within the...
Frank Backes, formerly a senior vice president at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS), has been named CEO at synthetic aperture radar satellite developer Capella Space. He will assume the position on Oct. 23 and succeed outgoing CEO Payam Banazadeh, who will remain on the company’s board of directors, Capella Space said Tuesda...
Rob Rainhart, formerly chief operating officer at HawkEye 360, was named president of the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered radio frequency and satellite systems developer. He will oversee programs, product development, technology delivery and human resources functions and guide the company’s strategy for expanding into the RF data and analytics...
Brent Wildasin, a retired U.S. Army veteran, and Dawn Legere, a two-decade defense industry veteran, will assume the roles of CEO and chief operating officer, respectively, at systems integration firm PD Systems starting on June 1. Wildasin will succeed Martin Ried, who will move to a new role on PD Systems’ board of directors, and...
