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Stockholders OK $35B Deal for AMD to Acquire XilinxM&A Activity

Stockholders OK $35B Deal for AMD to Acquire Xilinx

Stockholders of Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD) and Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX) have approved proposals for AMD to buy Xilinx in
Jerry McGinn: Federal Government Should Maintain ‘Steady as She Goes’ Approach for Defense M&A PolicyGovCon Expert

Jerry McGinn: Federal Government Should Maintain ‘Steady as She Goes’ Approach for Defense M&A Policy

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, wrote in a
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Shareholders OK $4.4B Deal With LockheedNews

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Shareholders OK $4.4B Deal With Lockheed

Shareholders at Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings (NYSE: AJRD) voted Tuesday to approve the company’s $4.4 billion sale to Lockheed Martin (NYSE:
Former DOD Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord Named Chertoff Group Senior AdviserExecutive Moves

Former DOD Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord Named Chertoff Group Senior Adviser

Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined…
Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Now Calls Itself CAES; Mike Kahn QuotedExecutive Moves

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Now Calls Itself CAES; Mike Kahn Quoted

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions has unveiled a new logo and shortened its name to CAES, demonstrating its transformation into an…
Former NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine Named Acorn Growth Companies Senior AdviserExecutive Moves

Former NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine Named Acorn Growth Companies Senior Adviser

Jim Bridenstine, former administrator of NASA and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined Acorn Growth Companies, an Oklahoma City-based private
Deloitte: Global Defense Spending to Grow Nearly 3% in 2021Financial Reports

Deloitte: Global Defense Spending to Grow Nearly 3% in 2021

A new Deloitte analysis forecasts global spending on defense programs to grow about 2.8 percent in 2021 as countries continue…
Belcan Buys Software Engineering Firm Avista; Lance Kwasniewski QuotedM&A Activity

Belcan Buys Software Engineering Firm Avista; Lance Kwasniewski Quoted

Belcan, a portfolio company of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, has purchased aerospace and defense software engineering services provider…
Tom Jones to Succeed Janis Pamiljans as Northrop Aeronautics Systems President; Kathy Warden QuotedExecutive Moves

Tom Jones to Succeed Janis Pamiljans as Northrop Aeronautics Systems President; Kathy Warden Quoted

Tom Jones, sector vice president and general manager of airborne sensors and networks division at Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) mission systems…
Mike Kahn Named Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions CEOExecutive Moves

Mike Kahn Named Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions CEO

Mike Kahn, a nearly 40-year aerospace and defense industry leader and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed CEO of Cobham’s…