Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the goal of helping customers test new space-based tools through realistic multidomain scenarios. “Pulsar Guardian reflects a new way for space operators to evaluate new systems, changes to existing ones, or train on the platforms they use every day,” said Mari...
U.S. Space Command will formally begin operations on Aug. 29 and will be led by Air Force Gen. John Raymond, USA Today reported Tuesday....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2019 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has utilized open architecture and the Unmanned Aircraft System Control Segment standard to develop a technology that the U.S. Navy can use to operate several unmanned platforms even with the limited space for ground control stations on naval ships, ExecutiveBiz reported May 8. The company...
Lt. Col. David Canady, deputy division chief for Operations, Directorate of Cyberspace and Information Dominance, will be featured as a panelist for the Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Cybersecurity Summit on May 8th. At the event, GovCon leaders from the public and private sector will discuss cyber resiliency and how to collaborate effectively on...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report on key takeaways from the testimonies of Department of Defense and Air Force officials at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing held Thursday. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 recipient, wrote in the report that the Senate hearin...
Amela Wilson, former vice president of sensor and fire control solutions at Elbit Systems of America (Nasdaq: ESLT), has been named vice president and general manager of the surveillance division within joined FLIR Systems‘s (Nasdaq: FLIR) government and defense business. Wilson will be based in Washington, D.C., and responsible for defining t...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has secured a potential $91.2M contract to provide systems engineering support for the U.S. Navy‘s voice systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes lifecycle sustainment and programmatic support services and has a five-year base p...
A new PwC report says the total value of mergers and acquisitions in the global aerospace and defense industry was $5.9B in the third quarter of 2018, down 49 percent from the same period last year. PwC said the number of M&A deals in the A&D sector plummeted 18 percent to 89 transactions in Q3 2018 and...
Three small businesses have been awarded spots on a potential five-year contract to support analysis and test engineering work on the U.S. Navy™s command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. Contractors will vie for task orders to research, develop and test C5ISR platforms as well as...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 31, 2018 ” Systems Planning and Analysis unveiled earlier this month that Pamela Melroy, a former Space Shuttle commander at NASA and retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has joined the company’s board of directors, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 21. “Colonel Melroy brings unique and extensive experie...
