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Raymond Duquette, formerly CAE‘s vice president of global business development and sales, has been appointed president and general manager of CAE USA, Â a subsidiary of the Montreal-based aerospace technology manufacturer. The retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel succeeds John Lenyo, who led CAE USA over the past 12 years as president and GM, the...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) has won a five-year, $173 million contract to help manage and maintain a device soldiers use for situational awareness during combat. The performance-based logistics contract covers training and logistics support for LITENING targeting pods used by the U.S. military as well as naval forces in Italy and Spain, Northrop sa...
Dr. Rick McGeer, formerly a principal scientist and research manager at HP Labs (NYSE: HPQ), has been appointed to serve as a distinguished technologist for HP Enterprise Services‘ U.S. public sector group. McGeer will focus primarily on the group’s Navy and Marine Corps accounts and promote HP technologies, techniques and approaches...
Amy Hopkins, a former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer, and former Deputy Assistant Navy Secretary Thomas Laux have joined Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) as directors of a new organization under the aerospace systems sector. Hopkins will lead tactical planning and research initiatives and Laux will develop mission support programs for the busines...
Cubic Corp.’s (NYSE: CUB) defense applications business has won a contract to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with a laser-based simulation system intended to help train marine forces. Cubic Defense Applications will deliver the instrumented-tactical engagement simulation system II that imitates actual combat situations and is slated to replace lega...
ATK (NYSE: ATK) has won a $20, 017, 724 contract modification to produce missile warning system assemblies for the U.S. Air Force and to support foreign military sales agreement. Nearly 70 percent of purchases under the contract for the Air Force, 26 percent for the Navy and Denmark makes up for the remaining 4 percent...
DLT Solutions has won a potential five-year $227 million blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Navy for Oracle software product licenses. The BPA includes six options that would bring the contract amount to its full value, the Defense Department said Friday. Four offers were submitted to DON through a solicitation. DON personnel and...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has won a $435 million contract to build four heavy lift helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps to fly during operational evaluation missions. This award falls under the potential $3.5 billion system development and demonstration contract Sikorsky won in April 2006, Sikorsky said Thursday. To date, Sikorsky has delivered two o...
Editor’s Note 6/6/13: GovCon Wire inadvertently published a draft version of this story that incorrectly indicated that Larry Prior had previously worked at CSC and misstated Alan Weakley’s role with the firm. This misleading copy was never meant to be published and we apologize for any confusion. The below story is the factual report. L...
The U.S. Marine Corps has announced it will fly 16 Lockheed Martin-made (NYSE: LMT) F-35 jets in an initial operational capability, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. Michael Hoffman writes USMC pilots will operate the F-35 variant designed for short takeoff and landing, intended to help hover the aircraft prior to landing. Gen. James Amos, Marine Corps...
