TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2016 ” The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has picked Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Honeywell (NYSE: HON), SRI International, QinetiQ, Pratt & Miller, Carnegie Mellon University and Southwest Research Institute for its Ground X-Vehicle Technology program, ExecutiveBiz reported We...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 15, 2016 ” Vencore will provide research, development, test and evaluation services to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency™s Extreme DDoS Defense program under a potential $7.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the program works to au...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” The Leidos-built (NYSE: LDOS) Sea Hunter autonomous ship demonstrator has been christened at a dockside ceremony Thursday in Portland, Oregon, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the ship will be used for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency™s Anti-Submari...
Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded an $89.4 million contract to further develop an unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the second and third phases of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s VTOL X-Plane program. DARPA received three offers for the acquisition program and is obligating&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2016 ” Sotera Defense Solutions will provide research and development support for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s counter-insurgency operations program under an $11.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract from the U.S. Army...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun its search for an anti-submarine bistatic sonar system that works to maintain a ship’s stealth while in operation, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes DARPA seeks companies to develop active sonar sources, signal processing and undersea communications ...
The Pentagon’s research and engineering enterprise is entering one of its most decisive restructuring periods in more than a decade. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael has formally trimmed the department’s sprawling list of 14 “critical technology areas” down to six streamlined priorities, a shift ...
Parsons has appointed Steven Meier as chief technology officer and vice president of space solutions, while John Davies was promoted to CTO of high consequence missions. The executives announced their appointments via LinkedIn. Who Is Steven Meier? Meier is an aerospace technology executive with over three decades of experience spanni...
Raymond Richards has been appointed chief technology officer of RTX BBN Technologies. The executive announced his new position on LinkedIn Tuesday. Raymond Richards’ Career Achievements Before joining RTX, Richards spent nearly two years at Leidos as vice president of information and data sciences and VP of enterprise strategy ...
Leidos has acquired Kudu Dynamics in an all-cash transaction worth approximately $300 million as part of a push to rapidly scale artificial intelligence-enabled cyber capabilities for intelligence, defense and homeland security clients. Leidos said Wednesday Baird acted as Kudu’s exclusive financial adviser in the deal. Advancing Strategy for ...
