The White House and Boeing (NYSE: BA) are in the final phase of talks over the terms of a potential deal to modify a pair of 747-8 aircraft and convert them into presidential planes, Defense One reported Thursday. Sources said Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg met with President Donald Trump Tuesday at the White House to address the...
Canada has named five aerospace companies that have been asked to participate in a potential $15 billion competition to produce 88 new fighter planes, Defense News reported Friday. Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Airbus, Dassault and Saab have been included in a list of approved suppliers that will be invited to submit proposals...
Orlando, Florida-based Patriot Defense Group has acquired Innovative Logistics for an undisclosed sum to bolster mission critical service offerings for military clients. Innovative Logistics offers expeditionary services to the U.S. Special Operations Command and serves as a third-party provider of logistics support to conflict zones, hostile enviro...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 23, 2018 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has marked the production of its 5,000th composite part for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet at its facility in Clearfield, Utah, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the parts manufactured at the Utah plant include win...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 23, 2018 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) has released a platform that will work to support information technology applications and streamline the deployment of rules-based tools in efforts to automate processes for business decision management, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday Red Hat Decision M...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 23, 2018 ” SAP National Security Services has named John Campbell, a retired U.S. Army general, as chairman of the U.S.-based SAP business unit’s nonprofit arm, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The NS2 Serves organization said Wednesday Campbell succeeds Joseph Kernan and will be in charge of its ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 23, 2018 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has been included in a list of prioritized companies to secure Joint Authorization Board approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The FedRAMP program management office said ManTech’s Continuous Diagnost...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 23, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has developed a technology that will work to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations by enabling simultaneous control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles of different types, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Tuesday the VCSi platform is desig...
Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has acquired Burlingame, California-based software company MotionDSP in a move to add image processing technology offerings to the San Diego-based contractor’s mission solutions business. MotionDSP offers technology designed to help customers process videos for public safety, government and security applic...
Jason Aiken, CFO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has said the acquisition of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will help the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor compete in the government IT services market, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. “In a consolidating market, our thesis is that you either have to consolidate ...
