A new McAleese & Associates report estimates most defense prime contractors recorded a 3 percent growth in sales during the first quarter of 2023, indicating that labor availability is improving and supply chain deliveries are starting to stabilize. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, offered an an...
Austal USA will lead an industry team to design and build a maximum of seven ocean surveillance vessels for the U.S. Navy under a potential $3.2 billion contract. Naval Sea Systems Command received two bids for the T-AGOS detail design and construction project and the service branch will obligate $113.9 million at the time of...
Beth Skoletsky, a human resources professional with 25 years of government contracting industry experience, has joined Ultra Intelligence & Communications as chief HR officer. She will lead the development and implementation of Ultra I&C’s HR strategy and operations, and align the organizational culture agenda to corporate objectives,...
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has secured a $215.6 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Defense to modernize and expand its facilities at three sites that produce rocket propulsion systems as part of efforts to help DOD meet the increasing demand for tactical missile systems. The company will use the funds from the agreement to...
The State Department has approved a pair of foreign military sale deals worth potentially $774.2 million combined for the government of Morocco to procure High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers and Joint Standoff Weapon systems from the U.S. Morocco asked to buy 18 M142 HIMARS launchers along with 350 pieces of related equipment and support...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded nine companies positions on a potential 10-year, $3.2 billion contract vehicle for command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance supplies and services. DLA received 16 offers for the C5ISR Gateway to Sustainment contract, which has a five-year base period an...
Karen Quimby, senior director of supply chain and global procurement at BAE Systems Inc. since July 2022, has assumed a new role as vice president of global supply chain within the Falls Church, Virginia-based contractor’s platforms and services business sector. Quimby announced her new position in a LinkedIn post published Sunday and her resp...
Photo Contributor: Tsuguliev/Shutterstock The defense industry is one of the world’s largest and most competitive industries. The U.S. federal government agencies under the Department of Defense are actively procuring defense products and upgrading existing systems with the latest technology to strengthen the nation’s military fo...
Private equity firm ATL Partners has established LightRidge Solutions, a new portfolio company focused on designing, building and producing small space and airborne sensors and payloads designed to meet national security requirements. Bill Gattle oversees LightRidge Solutions as CEO and brings to the position 35 years of experience in space and airb...
NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has acquired location data analytics and mapping services provider Axim Geospatial for an undisclosed sum. Wisconsin-headquartered Axim has 340 employees across the globe and works with clients in the fields of enterprise GIS, survey and mapping and data analysis, NV5 said Thursday. The acquired company maintains over 200 g...
