Boeing (NYSE: BA) has agreed to buy Aurora Flight Sciences for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to accelerate the development of autonomous technology for aerospace vehicles. Chicago-based Boeing said Thursday it would integrate Aurora into the aerospace and defense contractor’s engineering, test and technology segment upon...
The State Department has cleared Japan’s request to procure 56 AIM-120C-7 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles as well as associated equipment and support services under a potential $113 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) missile systems business will serve as prime contractor of the proposed ...
Robin Portman, a Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran, has joined Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Atlas Research as president and CEO. Portman will oversee daily operations, service delivery and business development initiatives in support of Atlas Research™s efforts to strengthen its presence in the government services sector, the com...
Al Whitmore, former senior vice president of the global solutions division at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit, has been named president of intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary in a move that takes effect Oct. 16. He will lead BAE Systems Inc.‘ I&S sector he...
Celeste Gushee, formerly vice president of business development at Comprehensive Health Services, has been promoted to senior VP of business management at the Cape Canaveral, Florida-based medical services contractor CHS said Sunday she will report directly to President and CEO Gary Palmer and oversee financial analysis...
Steve McMillan, formerly senior vice president of Oracle‘s (NYSE: ORCL) customer success and managed cloud services business, has been appointed to serve as executive VP of global services business at F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV). He will formally join the Seattle-based application delivery networking technology provider Oct. 9, F5 said in a reg...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26hXsWp3uc Sixty years ago today, on October 4, 1957, there was a beeping sound “heard” round the world. It came while the United States and Soviet Union were caught in the fervor of the Cold War, but also at a time when people believed that American ingenuity and industry could overcome any technical cha...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2017 ” Thales has unveiled a new facility in Cambridge, England, that will work to facilitate collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers as part of the company’s efforts to support digital transformation, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Thales e-Security said Friday the One Station Square ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 2, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has partnered with nonprofit organization Doc™s Friends to help build an interactive hangar and education facility for a company-manufactured B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft dubbed “Doc,” GovCon Executive reported Sept. 25. Doc’s Friends said Sept. 23 B...
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has completed its review of the proposed $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) by Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates. MDA said Thursday it secured clearance from the New York Stock Exchange to list and trade its common shares on NYSE under the ticker sym...
