BAE Systems has agreed to acquire Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business for approximately $5.55 billion as part of efforts to accelerate the British defense contractor’s space market strategy and expand its technology offerings for the U.S. government. “This marquee acquisition would advance our company’s position in some of the fastest...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program management, nonrecurring requirements and training support for the government of Germany under a potential $622.4 million contract with the U.S. Navy. Work on the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will occur in Texas, Florida and South Carolina through December 2027, the Departmen...
As the global defense landscape shifts, the U.S. Department of Defense must adapt its strategies, tactics and priorities accordingly. Executive Mosaic spoke with Airbus U.S. Space and Defense Chairman and CEO Rob Geckle in a new video interview to get a better understanding of the trends shaping the future of defense and how they’re impacting th...
The U.S. Department of Defense is deeply concerned about and invested in integrating their technologies, data and systems. This undertaking relates directly to the Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative, which aims to interconnect communication capabilities throughout the various domains, as well as the mission partner environment, which em...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has started to solicit proposals from industry sources that could provide data and analysis on semiconductor credit ratings, research and financial data. The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS program office will use the information to assess potential financial and credit risks associated with loan a...
Michele Flournoy, co-founder of Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm WestExec Advisors and a former Department of Defense official, has been appointed to Rivada Networks‘ board of directors. Flournoy said in a statement released Thursday she aims to help Rivada “transform the global communications landscape” with its OuterNET satellite n...
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to address foreign threats to U.S. national security by authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to regulate U.S. investments in countries of concern that are involved in developing technologies considered essential for military, cyber, intelligence and surveillance operations. The EO identifies sem...
Government contracts awarded by Air Force Research Lab have since been an effective collaboration between the government and private sectors. The purpose of these research and development programs is to advance technical and scientific expertise and apply what is gained to achieve national and agency goals The Air Force Research Laboratory (A...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will implement hardware and software updates to a training system designed for U.S. Navy’s P-8 maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft pilots under a $145.7 million order from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order is for engineering and manufacturing develo...
As data’s influence on the battlefield grows, the U.S. Army has zeroed in on its cloud capabilities to deliver this critical component of decision making to the edge. To advance this goal, the service branch established its Enterprise Cloud Management Agency, which is now home to several cloud architectures. “I will argue that we’ve been ...
