Sierra Nevada Corp. will partner with prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Bombardier and Raytheon to missionize Bombardier's Global 6000 business jet to function as a recapitalized E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Defense Business Alert
June 22, 2017 |
Chuck Prow, who took over as chief executive of Vectrus late last year, plans to maintain the contractor's focus on logistics and facilities, but bolster the company's technology capabilities.
June 21, 2017 |
The Army is preparing to issue further awards for a services contract vehicle worth up to $37.4 billion.
June 20, 2017 |
Booz Allen Hamilton's stock price is down about 18 percent since the company disclosed late last week it is under investigation by the Justice Department.
June 15, 2017 |
Boeing's new global services business unit, which will be operational July 1, will be based around four capabilities and four markets, the group's new chief executive told Inside Defense.
June 14, 2017 |
The MITRE Corp., a not-for-profit company that operates federally funded research and development centers, is seeking to become more responsive and agile, according to its new chief executive.
June 14, 2017 |
Reorganizing Boeing's defense group is meant to make it more responsive and agile, the group's chief executive said Wednesday.
June 09, 2017 |
Aerojet Rocketdyne executives this week downplayed the importance of the company's AR1 rocket engine being selected by the United Launch Alliance, arguing it's not a "make or break" program.
June 09, 2017 |
Technology contractor Buchanan & Edwards is seeking to grow, hiring several new executives, completing its first acquisition and planning a new facility in Chantilly, VA.
June 08, 2017 |
Proteus Technologies has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office over an Army contract vehicle worth up to $37 billion.
June 02, 2017 |
In the weeks following the presidential election, optimism rippled through the defense industry as contractors talked of the military buildup promised by the newly elected President Trump.
May 30, 2017 |
The official in charge of pricing the Defense Department's purchases says the Pentagon should advantage commercial companies investing in their own products over defense companies reimbursed for research and development.
May 26, 2017 |
Some defense contractors say they're spending more on independent research and development, seeing an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the crowd.
May 26, 2017 |
Boeing last week filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office to oppose the Air Force's decision to choose L3 Technologies as the lead systems integrator for the Compass Call cross-deck effort, becoming the second company to contest the award.
May 26, 2017 |
Northrop Grumman's effort to prepare its RQ-4 Global Hawk to fly a new slate of sensors in the absence of Lockheed Martin's U-2 will continue, despite the Air Force's decision not to retire the U-2 in fiscal year 2019.
May 26, 2017 |
The Air Force and Boeing expect to complete an ongoing KC-46 schedule risk assessment by early June to determine whether the program can meet key milestones in the current time line.
May 24, 2017 |
CSRA said this week sales in the company's most recent fiscal year, which ended March 31, hit nearly $5 billion, up from almost $4.3 billion a year earlier.
May 23, 2017 |
The Navy and Raytheon are negotiating a contract to wrap up development of a multimode seeker that will allow Tomahawk missiles to strike ships.
May 22, 2017 |
BWX Technologies, which makes the naval nuclear reactors for submarines and carriers, would need to invest about $100 million over several years to get ready to build Virginia-class submarines at a higher rate -- but is waiting for greater certainty.
May 22, 2017 |
The latest acquisition reform bill proposed by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) would create a new Pentagon intellectual property office, overseen by a director who would coordinate program managers and negotiate with industry.