Shareholders at Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) and airline cabin equipment supplier B/E Aerospace (Nasdaq: BEAV) have approved a deal originally announced in October for Rockwell Collins to purchase B/E Aerospace for approximately $6.4 billion in cash and stock. The transaction was backed by more than 99 percent of Rockwell Collins...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_8s-EAr1q8 U.S. Airmen from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare, launch and recover two U.S. Air Force U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance planes in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Feb 14, 2017. The U-2 provides high a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2017 ” A subsidiary of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has secured orphan drug status from the Food and Drug Administration on a plague vaccine it is developing as a potential pre-exposure prophlaxis treatment against Yersinia pestis infection, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the des...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won two contracts worth a combined $103.4 million to support the Missile Defense Agency‘s efforts to reduce risk for missile technologies. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed’s space systems business will help MDA optimize performance and address risk for a gimbaled seeker assembly, integrat...
SRI International has received a pair of contracts worth a combined $90 million to help the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority assess compounds that have potential to treat people exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons. The company said Wednesday that both contracts have a base ...
NASA has awarded contracts worth approximately $100 million combined to 133 proposals from at least 112 small businesses that aim to perform research and development work on technology platforms designed for use in future deep space missions. The agency said Thursday it selected the proposals under the second phase of the Small Business Innovat...
Hanover, Maryland-based cyber and geospatial services contractor KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has agreed to purchase Herndon, Virginia-based national security technology provider Sotera Defense Solutions for $235 million cash in a push to add new and complementary work with the intelligence community and related government custo...
Kevin Quigley, formerly a senior associate at BayFirst Solutions, has been promoted to principal at the Washington-based management and consulting services contractor. He joins four other BayFirst principals who will work to supervise more than 200 full-time employees in 14 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, the compa...
Intelsat has purchased an equity stake in satellite communications antenna manufacturer Kymeta following joint efforts to develop the Kalo satellite services and mTenna antenna technology. The satellite operator said Tuesday the transaction comes with the appointment of Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler into Kymeta’s board...
Ole Knudson, a retired U.S. Army major general and former deputy director of the Missile Defense Agency, has been named senior director of precision weapons at Orbital ATK‘s (NYSE: OA) armament systems division. Orbital ATK said Monday the more than three-decade Army and MDA veteran will lead the company’s effort...
