The State Department has approved a potential $140 million foreign military sale of Raytheon-built (NYSE: RTN) AIM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Canada. The proposed FMS transaction covers 32 AMRAAMs and associated equipment; storage and preservation; transportation; aircrew and maintenance training; and other log...
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has wrapped up its $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications. The merger™s completion creates a combined entity with $24 billion in estimated pro forma annual revenue and a global network that links at least 350 metropolitan areas with over 100,000 on-net, fiber-equipped buildings, CenturyLink said Wedn...
CSRA™s (NYSE: CSRA) SRA International subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $163 million task order to provide integration support for the Defense Information Systems Agency™s Endpoint Security Solutions. CSRA said Wednesday it will collaborate with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and McAfee through SRA to help DISA build up its cyber st...
The State Department has approved Qatar’s request to acquire a range of support services for its F-15QA multirole fighter aircraft program under a potential $1.1 billion foreign military sales deal with the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the request covers design and construction services for parkin...
Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) integrated defense systems business has secured a potential $371.2 million follow-on contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide research and development support for two kinds of ballistic missile defense radar technology. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contractor will perform engineering, pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2017 ” Rob Zitz, chief strategy officer of Space Systems Loral‘s government systems unit, has said the new company that resulted from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates‘ acquisition of DigitalGlobe will leverage intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings in its push toward the ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2017 ” BAE Systems and CAE have entered into an agreement for the latter to lease space at BAE’s flight training center in New South Wales, Australia, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. CAE’s Oxford Aviation Training Academy will use the facility to host the training of commercial pilots as the company works...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2017 ” ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will administer a survey on tobacco use among the youth in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a potential $13 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it has provided design, administration and reporting services for pre...
James Collier, former senior vice president of corporate planning and analysis at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined government technology services contractor NCI as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. NCI said Wednesday the nearly three-decade industry veteran will lead the company’s financial operatio...
Melanie Anderson, formerly head of human resources at KBRWyle™s engineering business, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries™ (NYSE: HII) technical solutions division as vice president of human resources. Anderson has two decades of HR experience in several companies across aerospace and defense, government services and technology s...
