Northrop Grumman's recent realignment of its airborne and space ISR businesses was a result of growth, according to the head of one of the newly created units.
Northrop Grumman's recent realignment of its airborne and space ISR businesses was a result of growth, according to the head of one of the newly created units.
The second request for information Harris Corp. received from the Justice Department in connection with its proposed purchase of Exelis is related to the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System, Harris' chief executive said Tuesday.
While some defense contractors are skeptical about the Pentagon's emerging focus on Silicon Valley and nontraditional contractors, Booz Allen Hamilton's top defense executive says his company sees opportunity to serve as a "conduit."
Ray Sheldon has been named chief operating officer at Gibbs & Cox, a naval architecture and marine engineering firm, the company announced today.
AgustaWestland North America, working with three other companies, is weighing the military's interest in a new way to train rotary-wing pilots -- without buying aircraft.
Bill Lynn, the former deputy defense secretary who now leads Finmeccanica North America, argued Thursday the defense industry is facing dramatic change following the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Both General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman, two of the largest defense contractors, reported on Wednesday sales increases in their most recent quarters.
After Defense Secretary Ash Carter finished a speech last week at Stanford University encouraging greater cooperation between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley innovators, he was asked why non-defense technology companies should even consider entering the Defense Department's infamously labyrinthine acquisition system.
Cubic Corp.'s two defense segments have been combined into one, bringing together its products and services as the company seeks to bolster international sales and expand into new areas.
As General Dynamics and Boeing move away from commercial cybersecurity, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman are making significant investments in the area, hoping it can spur growth as federal spending wanes.
Raytheon said Thursday sales and profit fell in its most recent quarter, as all four of the company's business units reported revenue declines.
Harris Corp. said in an April 22 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it now expects a request for additional information related to antitrust approval of its effort to purchase Exelis.
Boeing's profit rose 38 percent in its most recent quarter, buoyed by growth in its commercial airplanes division, the company announced April 22.
Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, reported Tuesday that sales and profits in its most recent quarter fell.
Huntington Ingalls Industries said today it has completed discussions with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners about redeveloping the contractor's closed Avondale shipyard in Louisiana, and the two have decided not to move forward with a joint venture.
Raytheon said Monday it has entered an agreement with private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners to create a new cybersecurity company able to sell to both government and commercial organizations.
Major defense contractors were silent this week on the Pentagon's newly announced effort to play a larger role in guiding industry's independent research and development (IRAD) spending, though industry advocates behind the scenes said they would continue to lobby the Defense Department and lawmakers for fewer acquisition regulations.
The Navy is looking to engage more with small businesses in the information technology realm and has developed a new construct deemed the “innovation cell” to work with industry, according to a service official.
Some defense contractors are accepting the Pentagon's push to invest more in research and development even as sales decline, arguing the right investments will pay off, despite the tightened environment.
In a new letter, the National Defense Industrial Association says a proposed rule would undermine the mentor-protégé program, which partners small businesses with larger ones that provide various kinds of business help.
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