NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has agreed to acquire the commercial geospatial technology and software business of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). The all-cash transaction for L3Harris’ Visual Information Solutions business is expected to close in the first half of 2023, pending regulatory approvals, NV5 said Thursday. Established in 1977, VIS has a...
Huntsville, Alabama-based Yulista Solutions has received a potential $540 million contract from NASA to provide support services for aircraft used across the space agency’s centers and programs. The vendor will provide support for NASA planes at various sites, including those at Ellington Field at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Goddard Space Fli...
Dave Walsh, formerly a director at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace subsidiary, has joined defense technology provider Parry Labs as vice president of engineering. He will be responsible for managing engineering, research and product development efforts in his new role, Parry Labs said Monday. In his most recent capac...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a $334 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the development of a larger class air-breathing hypersonic system that will employ a standardized payload interface to carry out multiple missions. A Leidos-led team will aim to design a vehicle powered by a scramjet engine and capable of traveling...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Jacobs (NYSE: J) a prime spot on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform architecture and engineering services at three military bases in Japan. The company said Tuesday it will support the Yokota and Misawa air bases and Camp Zama for the project, which is under a potential $99 million multi-awa...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected six small businesses to compete for range sustainment and remediation projects under a potential $95 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy. Contractors will perform work at military installations within NAVFAC’s Southwest area of responsibilit...
Coming out of his undergraduate work in chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Kent Wilcher considered three industries: oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and defense. After some brief deliberation, his answer was fairly easy. He decided to serve the defense industry because of his belief in its mission—he wanted something highly technica...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and NASA have closed on a $3.2 billion contract for the production of core and upper stages to power Space Launch System rockets that will support future lunar exploration missions. The aerospace and defense company will use the funds to manufacture up to 10 SLS core stages for Artemis III and IV,...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a five-year, $349.5 million contract to engineer the branch’s afloat and ashore tactical networks. SAIC will carry out in-service engineering work to help the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific sustain the operational effectiveness and peak capacity of TACNET...
James Lackey spent three decades serving as a civilian in the Department of Defense in various capacities. He began as a flight test engineer at Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, where he quickly ascended to a department management position. After this, Lackey was promoted to the Pentagon as a senior executive working...
