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Boeing has picked its St. Louis, Missouri-based facility to assemble the trainer aircraft the company built with Saab should the industry team win the T-X contract with the U.S. Air Force. Boeing said Monday it expects the T-X trainer jet work to create and support approximately 1,800 indirect and direct jobs in the state. The […] More
American Systems has received a $30.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide specialized engineering and technical services for various Defense Department air vehicles and related systems. DoD said Monday that the company will support the development and operation of aircraft trainer devices, air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture, future piloted and desktop engineering simulation systems, manned […] More
BAE Systems has selected Deloitte to succeed KPMG as the British defense contractor’s auditor following a formal tender process led by BAE’s audit committee. Deloitte’s proposed appointment as auditor is subject to approval by BAE shareholders at the latter’s annual general meeting in May 2018, BAE said Friday. If approved, Deloitte will serve as auditor for the financial year ending Dec. 31, […] More
Lockheed Martin has secured a delivery order to supply Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods to Kuwait under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The U.S. Air Force placed the order under a potential $485 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in March 2015, Lockheed said Monday. The order covers 14 Snipers ATPs, support tools, spares and integration support. […] More
Elizabeth Anthony, senior vice president of marketing at ViON, has been included in CRN magazine’s Women of the Channel list for 2017 in recognition of her leadership, vision and expertise in the information technology sector. Anthony told CRN in an interview that young women who consider a career in IT should learn to adapt to change […] More
Former EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci has been elected to the board of directors at communications technology and services provider Motorola Solutions. He currently serves as co-CEO and co-chairman of GTY Technology Holdings and previously held leadership positions at Wang Global and Unisys‘ information systems business, Motorola said Monday. Tucci has led EMC and its market expansion initiatives […] More
The U.S. Army‘s 2nd Cavalry Regiment has begun a field evaluation of a Saab-developed mobile camouflage system as part of operational training activities in Hohenfels, Germany. Saab said Friday the service branch is testing Barracuda MCS on Stryker fighting vehicles with NATO allies that support Operation Atlantic Resolve and the Enhanced Forward Presence missions. MCS offers multi-spectral signature management properties designed to help […] More
Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $45 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to help manage and dispose of hazardous materials at more than 440 airport screening checkpoints. The company said Monday it will also provide regulatory support to help TSA comply with federal, state and local hazardous materials and hazardous waste regulations. Contract work also includes treatment, storage […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries has turned over the USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the U.S. Navy following sea trials and a recapitalization effort. HII said Friday the sea trials validated the carrier’s systems that underwent refueling and complex overhaul, or RCOH, at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. The Navy awarded HII a potential $2.6 billion contract in […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a fuel boost kick pump engine component as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory program that aims to demonstrate an oxygen-rich staged combustion technology for rockets. The company said Friday it developed and tested the kick pump at full power under AFRL’s Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator program. “What we’ve learned through this program will be instrumental as […] More
Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal business at Thales e-Security, has said the level of spending increase in cybersecurity is lower than any other industry due to rising incidents of data breaches and lack of federal budget, Defense Systems reported Friday. Lewandowski said an independent study on cyber attacks found that data breaches affecting U.S. […] More
Northrop Grumman will make a $37.2 million investment to build a defense electronics maintenance and sustainment center for Australia’s armed forces. The company said Monday the Electronic Sustainment Center of Excellence will be located at Badgerys Creek precinct in Western Sydney, where Northrop will serve as the anchor tenant for an aerospace and defense industries precinct. The ESCE will support advanced electronics […] More
