Richard Koucheravy, formerly an executive at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined UltiSat to serve as vice president and lead business development activities, drive revenue growth and support presence expansion in emerging markets. The satellite communications company said Thursday Koucheravy most recently served as the senior director of bu...
Mark Baird, a retired Air Force brigadier general, has been named president of Virgin Orbit’s VOX Space subsidiary. He brings to the role over three decades of aerospace experience as VOX Space works to further advance the delivery of launch services in support of customers in the national security community, the company said Tuesday. “Mark...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary will maintain and overhaul the main rotor blade of Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army under a five-year, $116.5 million contract. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract and will determine work locations and funds upon issuance of each order, the Depart...
The Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Program Office is seeking knowledge-based services for its global mission to develop, field and sustain the next-generation fighter aircraft, according to a solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov. Naval Air Systems Command issued the request for proposals for an indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery cont...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted that BAE Systems posted a 6 percent sales growth and saw its sector profit increase by 27 percent to approximately $1.4 billion during the first six months of 2021 driven by its U.S. electronic systems sector and U.K. air sector. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and...
Investment company Endeavour Capital has acquired Forrest Machining Inc., also known as FMI Aerostructures, which produces structural components for aerospace and defense platforms. Tim Mickael, an aerospace executive with two decades of industry experience, joined FMI Aerostructures as CEO, and all current managers will remain with the company as p...
The State Department has approved a proposed $134 million foreign military sales agreement for follow-on technical support to Japan’s destroyer ships that carry the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Aegis Combat System. A Defense Security Cooperation Agency notice posted Wednesday says the Japanese government asked to procure Aegis Class Destr...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its latest event on Wednesday to share the key trends impacting the government contractors in our sector and how to mature the capture process to grow a qualified pipeline and improve win rate during A Blueprint for a Modern, Data-Driven Approach to Capture Management Webinar. With Technomile’s Chief Operating Officer Mic...
The State Department has approved a potential $270 million foreign military sales deal covering sustainment equipment and services for Greece’s F-16 fighter aircraft fleet. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), Collins Aerospace, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Atec are the principa...
The State Department has approved Israel’s request to procure 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, through a potential $3.4 billion foreign military sales transaction with the U.S. government. The possible FMS deal will include T408-GE-400 engines from General Electric (NYSE...
