Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential $348.9M contract to provide infrastructure for F-35 developmental laboratories and flight tests. The infrastructure will support the fighter aircraft program’s development, production and sustainment efforts, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the cost-plus-in...
Mike Johnson, formerly president of Parsons‘ infrastructure business, has been named vice chairman and first chief development officer of the company. Parsons said Thursday Johnson will report to Chairman and CEO Chuck Harrington and oversee client and partner relationships in his new role. He will also lead opening sales and partner...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 19, 2018 ” The U.S. Navy has awarded Alion Science and Technology a spot on a potential $794M contract to develop and support the service’s fleet of unmanned undersea vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The defense contractor said Wednesday it will deliver rapid prototype material related to the produ...
A U.S. subsidiary of Rolls Royce has landed a potential eight-year, $100M contract for development, demonstration and transition of turbine-based propulsion, power and thermal systems for the U.S. Air Force. LibertyWorks will perform work under the first phase of USAF’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capabi...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will extend its system development work on an air and missile defense platform for the U.S. Army under a $289M contract. The company said Monday the contract involves modernizing the engagement operations centers and integrated fire control network relays of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command Syst...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded contracts to seven companies and a nonprofit organization to further develop their respective hypersonic weapon concepts. MDA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday contractors will work on their proposed kinetic and non-kinetic hypersonic glide and terminal defense weapon systems through the contracts wor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 21, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization for Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has highlighted the company’s use of the crowd development strategy to drive potential technology pursuits and investments, ExecutiveBiz repor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 12, 2018 ” BAE Systems has begun the development of its future facility in Huntsville, Ala., to house the production of aircraft survivability and precision munition systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Rocket City Now reported Monday the $45.5M project will result in an 83K-square-foot facility, which ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 4, 2018 ” CAE‘s business operations in Germany has been appraised at maturity level 3 under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration process improvement framework, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 23. The company said Aug. 22 Stolberg-based CAE Elektronik secured the CMMI ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 29, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has unveiled a new radar development center in Rhode Island that will serve as a hub for collaboration between industry and foreign partners as well as the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Portsmouth facility, part of the company’s $8M investment alongside the cre...
