Photo Contributor: Tsuguliev/Shutterstock The defense industry is one of the world’s largest and most competitive industries. The U.S. federal government agencies under the Department of Defense are actively procuring defense products and upgrading existing systems with the latest technology to strengthen the nation’s military fo...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business will help the U.S. Army update virtual flight simulators and train military aviators under a potential 12-year, $1.7 billion contract awarded in March. The contract has a base term of five years and seven option years and will support the Army Center of Excellence that oversees the Fligh...
Doug Beck, a vice president of Apple and a U.S. Navy Reserve captain, has been appointed to serve as director of the Department of Defense’s innovation arm beginning on May 1. He will report directly to the defense secretary as part of a realignment of the Defense Innovation Unit’s management structure and oversee the adoption...
Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS) has reported more than $1 billion in contract awards to manufacture electric propulsion hardware for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. The defense technology supplier said Monday production efforts will occur at various facilities in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Missouri. Will...
Christina Mee has been named vice president of mission services at Insight Technology Solutions, where she brings two decades of federal civilian and defense market experience. Mee will oversee business expansion initiatives in strategic planning and communications, program management and cybersecurity, Insight said Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. Most ...
Kathleen King, a 24-year Day & Zimmermann veteran, has assumed duties as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at the Philadelphia-based engineering and construction firm. She succeeds Joseph Ritzel, who officially retired Saturday after a 40-year career with the company and is helping facilitate a smooth transition as a p...
General Atomics, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have won positions on a seven-year, $400 million contract to develop aerospace vehicle technologies and integrated systems for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force Research Laboratory received 15 offers on the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program, the Depart...
Lockeed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems business has secured a potential five-year, $305 million contract to produce an integrated common processor for the U.S. Navy’s ship and shore surveillance equipment. The company will provide a common suite of signal processing and display technologies to support vessels equipped wi...
Donna Bennett, enterprise chief information security officer of the State Department, said that safeguarding information is the organization’s “top priority” and it has undertaken a “monumental effort” to fortify its cyber defenses and consolidate its array of networks to keep pace with the increasingly digital threat environment. Ben...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential one-year, $650.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the production and delivery of 15 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band ship sets. The Department of Defense said Thursday 11 of the lot 3 low-rate initial production NGJ-MB ship sets will go to the Navy and the rest...
