Industry News

A joint venture of Boeing and Safran has received clearances from regulators to kick off design, development and servicing work on onboard engines built to power aircraft while on the ground. Etienne Boisseau will serve as CEO of the new JV that will design auxiliary power units in San Diego, Boeing said Friday. “This joint venture strengthens Boeing’s […] More

Austal USA conducted the christening for the future USNS Puerto Rico at its Mobile, Ala., shipbuilding site on Saturday. Austal said Saturday that Puerto Rico is the 11th expeditionary fast transport vessel slated for delivery to the U.S. Navy under a $1.9B contract to support the Military Sealift Command. The company has delivered nine of the […] More

Three companies have received separate contracts to build propulsion technologies intended to power a ground-based weapons delivery platform as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Army’s joint Operational Fires program. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Exquadrum and Sierra Nevada Corp. will support the OpFires initiative that seeks to demonstrate a ground system that can launch hypersonic […] More

Raytheon has received a $72.8M contract modification to perform integration, test and qualification work on an updated guidance electronics unit for the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the company’s missile systems business has entered into the third phase of GEU procurement efforts as part of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program. The modification brings the contract’s total face […] More

Intel seeks feedback on a draft model bill that encourages policymakers and stakeholders to participate in transparent discussions related to personal data privacy. The company said Thursday the model legislation aims to inspire Congress to develop a federal law that will direct companies in the proper use of personal information. The effort comes as several issues are beginning […] More

Parsons‘ Polaris Alpha subsidiary has won a 2019 CSO50 Award from IDG Communications’ CSO magazine for its approach to corporate security operations. Polaris Alpha said Thursday its integrated network security group implemented and applied a standard model from the Defense Department and Defense Information Systems Agency to secure enterprise network. The team considers defense network as an ecosystem […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton expects to add as many as 240 employees, including information technology professionals, in the state of Oklahoma over the next 10 years. The company said Thursday it seeks to hire more cybersecurity, systems engineering, data analysis and software development professionals to support government, military and commercial clients. The workforce expansion plan includes creation […] More

Some industry executives have said their companies have made investments in their infrastructure in an effort to compete and win future contracts as the U.S. Navy ramps up spending on shipbuilding programs, USNI News reported Thursday. Todd Schurra, general manager of Curtiss-Wright, said at the Naval Submarine League symposium that the company invested approximately $50M in […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on a contractor that can help National Data Systems manage access to veterans’ health information. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states that VA is seeking a contractor that will support NDS in distributing health data from the Veterans Health Administration to clinicians, researchers and […] More