Stephen Sartwell, formerly an executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as senior vice president for program and operations excellence. Sartwell held manufacturing-related roles across his tenure at L3Harris, including leadership over standardization to accommodate boosted production workloads, C...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Boeing Conducts Taxi Test on AI-Powered Unmanned Aircraft Prototype An unmanned aircraft prototype Boeing developed with the Australia’s air force has undergone a low-speed taxi process as part of tests and preparations for a maiden flight slated for later this year. T...
Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD) has agreed to acquire Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX) in an all-stock deal worth approximately $35B as part of AMD’s efforts to expand its data center business and portfolio of technology products. The boards of directors of the two companies unanimously cleared the transaction, which is expected to be completed by the e...
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has been awarded a $550.4M contract modification to produce Lot IV of CH-53K helicopters for the U.S. Navy's heavy-lift missions. Sikorsky will provide six low-rate initial production airlifters along with support services such as logistics, configuration audits and tooling, the Department ...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards AECOM Closes Sale of Power Construction Business to CriticalPoint Capital; Troy Rudd Quoted AECOM has sold its Power construction business to affiliates of CriticalPoint Capital, AECOM reported on Friday. The sale will add to AECOM’s business transformation strategy to ...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy high mobility artillery rocket system launchers, AGM-84H standoff land attack missile-expanded response systems, MS-110 recce pods and related equipment and services under three foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $1.8B combined....
On Oct. 27th, Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit will feature notable federal and industry leaders on the “5G Space: The Ultimate Connected High Ground” Panel. The panelists will discuss emerging programs, priorities and challenges within the integration process of the new 5G framework. To Register for the 5G Summit, and view other upcoming eve...
Kevin Kelly, former president of the national security and innovative solutions sector at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has been named an advisory board member at investment firm Enlightenment Capital. He brings more than 25 years of government services industry experience to the board and will support Enlightenment's portfolio companies in ...
NASA has awarded 14 companies contracts worth approximately $372.2M combined to develop technologies for the agency’s lunar and Mars exploration programs. The proposals were selected under the fifth solicitation for the Tipping Point program and address three topic areas: lunar surface, cryogenic fluid management and closed-loop descent and landin...
The State Department has approved the Finnish government’s $27.2B in procurement requests for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler and F-35 aircraft to help increase self-defense readiness....
