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Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a contract from U.S. Transportation Command to improve and sustain a logistics software application designed to automate military load planning and monitor cargo across ground, aerial and maritime domains for the Department of Defense.

A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has received a three-year, $146M contract modification to help the U.S. Navy update and maintain MV-22 Osprey aircraft as part of the Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization program.

Dave Kaufman, vice president and general manager of Ball Aerospace's national strategic defense business, has been promoted to chief operating officer of the company in a move that takes effect on Jan. 1.

A new McAleese & Associates report says Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business recorded $7B in sales during the second quarter of 2019, reflecting a 2 percent increase from the prior-year period.

John Richardson, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and two-time Wash100 award recipient, has been elected to the board of directors of Boeing (NYSE: BA). He will serve on the newly formed aerospace safety committee and on the board’s special programs committee, Boeing said Friday.

The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker aircraft officially entered into the initial operational test and evaluation phase, FlightGlobal reported Thursday.

Ted Colbert, formerly chief information officer and senior vice president of information technology and data analytics at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been named president and CEO of the company’s global services business. He succeeds Stan Deal, who replaces Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes business, the company said Tuesday.

Eight teams have been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to participate in a virtual competition that seeks to demonstrate the use of artificial intelligence algorithms in simulated aerial combat.

The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals for a large displacement unmanned underwater vehicle and a draft solicitation notice for a medium UUV during the government's 2020 fiscal year, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.

Boeing (NYSE: BA), StandardAero and AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) have secured one-year contract modifications worth  $412.9M combined to continue providing support services for P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes of the U.S. Navy, Australia and other foreign military customers.