MBDA and the Qatar government have signed a memorandum of understanding toward a potential $725 million contract for the arms manufacturer to supply a coastal defense system to the Qatar Emiri naval force. Qatar will use the missile system to monitor coastal traffic and block enemy ships from the country™s territorial waters...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 10, 2016 ” MBDA has delivered the first Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile to the U.K. in preparation for integration, fire tests and flight trials with the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35B Lightning II jet, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. MBDA said Monday it has also worked with B...
Jennifer Hagerty, a 25-year human resources executive, has assumed the role of chief HR officer at Edge Autonomy. She will oversee diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and related HR activities, the company said Wednesday. John Purvis, CEO of Edge Autonomy, said Hagerty’s knowledge and experience will be key in building and supporting the workf...
An MBDA-Diehl joint venture has received a firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver updated Rolling Airframe Missile system and spare replacement components to the German navy. The award to RAM-System will support the recertification of the RAM Block 2 variant under a cooperative memorandum of understanding between the two countries, ...
The British defense ministry is working with BAE Systems and three other companies to develop a next-generation fighter demonstrator platform and expects to fly the aircraft model within the next five years. BAE leads an industry team composed of Leonardo, Rolls-Royce and MBDA in efforts to provide the U.K. military a piloted supersonic test vehicle...
The U.S. Air Force has named 55 awardees on a potential 11-year, $46 billion contract to perform work related to model-based systems engineering, weapons and enterprise analytics, digital engineering, Agile processes and open systems architecture. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida received 58 offers for th...
Chris Raymond, who most recently served as vice president and general manager of autonomous systems at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, has been appointed VP for enterprise strategy at the Chicago-based company, Reuters reported Wednesday. He reports to the company™s finance, enterprise performance and strateg...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2018 ” BAE Systems has teamed with Harris (NYSE: HRS) and MBDA‘s U.K. business to perform ground-based tests on aircraft payload bays for weapons, fuel tanks and other equipment, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The tests were held at the BAE site in Warton, Lancashire, and sought to check the design of paylo...
BAE Systems has announced plans to eliminate its U.K. and international platforms and services operating groups as part of a reorganization effort that will take effect on Jan. 1. The company said Tuesday it will consolidate its military air and information business, its interest in the MBDA joint venture as well as its Australia, Oman...
Weekly Roundup April 24 – April 28 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson For months, we™ve all been reading about the proposed wall along our nation™s southern borders, headlines describing the billions of dollars that will be needed to fund such an...
