Boeing (NYSE: BA) has agreed to buy Aurora Flight Sciences for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to accelerate the development of autonomous technology for aerospace vehicles. Chicago-based Boeing said Thursday it would integrate Aurora into the aerospace and defense contractor’s engineering, test and technology segment upon...
The Defense Department has asked industry to submit proposals for a potential nine-year, $28 billion contract for research, development, test and evaluation support and R&D-related analytical services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Defense Technical Information Center™s Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract seeks...
Robin Portman, a Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran, has joined Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Atlas Research as president and CEO. Portman will oversee daily operations, service delivery and business development initiatives in support of Atlas Research™s efforts to strengthen its presence in the government services sector, the com...
Al Whitmore, former senior vice president of the global solutions division at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit, has been named president of intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary in a move that takes effect Oct. 16. He will lead BAE Systems Inc.‘ I&S sector he...
DCS has won a potential five-year, $207.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of support services to aircraft integrated product teams within the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers analysis, configuration, data management, development, logistics, re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2017 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) will provide enterprise data center and disaster recovery support to the U.S. Agency for International Development‘s office of the chief information officer under a potential $68.2 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its Unify360 technology will wo...
Celeste Gushee, formerly vice president of business development at Comprehensive Health Services, has been promoted to senior VP of business management at the Cape Canaveral, Florida-based medical services contractor CHS said Sunday she will report directly to President and CEO Gary Palmer and oversee financial analysis...
James Craig, a 35-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense segment as vice president and general manager of ground training systems. œJim brings a wealth of talent, energy and remarkable program execution credentials to Cubic, Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statemen...
Arlington Capital Partners has purchased McLean, Virginia-based human intelligence platforms and services provider Xebec Global for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand offerings for clients in the intelligence community and national security sector. David Wodlinger, a partner at Arlington Capital, said in a statement released Monday the Washingto...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) have won three-year contracts from the U.S. Air Force to perform risk reduction and technology maturation work on a platform designed to replace the service™s aerial launch control system. The military branch awarded an $80.7 million contract to Lockheed™s space systems business ...
