Matt Donovan, Air Force undersecretary, has said the service™s $2 billion funding request for the B-21 bomber aircraft program for fiscal year 2018 would be spent on software development and staffing efforts at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Bloomberg Technology reported Wednesday. The military branch will also allocate part of the requested fun...
Serco™s North American arm has agreed to purchase Ludlow, Massachusetts-based BTP Systems for an undisclosed amount in a move to expand its client base and command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the government sector. Serco Inc. said Tuesday it expects to close the...
The State Department has cleared Czech Republic™s request to buy 12 UH-1Y utility helicopters and related equipment and services from the U.S. government under a potential $575 million foreign military sales agreement. Textron™s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary and General Electric (NYSE: GE) will act as principal cont...
American Systems, Aermor and Qualis have landed spots on a five-year, $93.5 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the U.S. Air Force‘s Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The Defense Department said Friday contractors will advise and assist AFOTEC in analytical, engineering and technical operations under the&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 20, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) is working to expand its management services workforce by more than 1,000 in efforts to support programs with federal government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 12. The company plans to hire customer support professionals in the fields of facility and base operations and management...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has agreed to purchase Annapolis Junction, Maryland-based Praxis Engineering Technologies for approximately $235 million in cash in a move to expand its capabilities in mission applications development and broaden its market presence in the intelligence community. Both companies expect to complete the acquisition by the t...
The State Department has approved a potential $2.40 billion foreign military sales transaction for Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to convert F-16 aircraft into a Block V configuration for the Greek air force. Greece asked to buy 125 APG-83 active electronically scanned array radars, 123 modular mission computers and 123 Link-16 multifunc...
Kuwait has requested follow-on logistics support for the country’s C-17 military transport aircraft from the U.S. government through a potential $342.6 million foreign military sales transaction. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the deal covers the provision of an additional three years of two C-17 support and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 11, 2017 ” BAE Systems is working to build tools that will serve to facilitate system analysis, reverse engineering and intrusion detection capabilities for military aircraft platforms in efforts to counter cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its threat management technolo...
Alion Science and Technology has expanded its leadership team with the creation of the chief strategy officer position and appointment of a new chief technology officer in support of defense clients™ efforts to maintain military readiness and technological edge. Christopher Zember, formerly CTO at Alion Science, will serve as CSO and oversee th...
