The government of Poland’s potential $1.2 billion acquisition of airspace and surface radar reconnaissance aerostat systems has been approved by the U.S. Department of State. The prime contractors of the deal will be Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) company, aerostat maker TCOM, ELTA North America and Avantus Federal, a subsidiary of QinetiQ Group...
Dallas-based investment firm CBRE Group has agreed to buy J&J Worldwide Services from Arlington Capital Partners for $800 million in cash as part of efforts to expand its capabilities in the public sector. J&J CEO Steve Kelley said the transaction will enable the company to continue expanding its platforms in support of military clients at m...
A $908 million order for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles by the government of the Netherlands has been approved by the U.S. State Department. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will be the prime contractor fulfilling the order, which specifies 120 units of AGM-158B/B-2 JASSM-ER all-up rounds and 15 AGM-158 Inert JASSMs along with their test instrume...
The General Services Administration has released a solicitation for the potential five-year, $1.8 billion Personnel and Readiness Infrastructure Support Management contract that seeks to provide enterprise platforms and professional services to improve capabilities that will enable soldiers and strategic partners to enhance readiness and meet missio...
Nikki Kodama has transitioned from vice president and B-2 program manager to VP of aerospace structures at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). She has been with the company for 22 years and will take over the main responsibility for products, systems and services relevant to aerospace intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, missile defense and electro...
A joint venture between Stantec and AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) Pacific subsidiary has received a five-year, $99 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide architect-engineer services for environmental planning services. Stantec GS-AECOM Pacific JV will help research, prepare, update and review the Navy and ...
The State Department has approved the government of India’s request to purchase MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $3.99 billion foreign military sales agreement. India asked to buy 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian aircraft along with embedded GPS navigation systems, Hellfire captive air tra...
Minga Lee, formerly chief engineer and solution architect at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer for engineering, integration and operations for the national security sector at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology company. Lee announced her new post Thursday on LinkedIn and assumed the rol...
Arlington Capital Partners has formed a new brand consisting of five existing portfolio companies to manufacture highly complex components and assemblies for the aerospace, defense and space sectors. Verus Aerospace is led by CEO Brian Bentley and combines the resources and expertise of Perfekta, Precision Machine Works, Arden Engineering, Premier P...
The LGM-35A Sentinel, formerly known as Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), is an intercontinental ballistic missile representing the ground-based leg of the United States nuclear triad. Currently under development, it aims to enhance the nuclear deterrent capabilities of all U.S. military operations and programs worldwide. Read this art...
