Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has begun development work on an active electronically scanned array radar for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday the AN/APG-85 AESA system is a multifunction sensor that will be compatible with all F-35 variants designed to provide warfighters situational aw...
David Zolet, a three-decade government technology industry veteran and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined Oasis Technology & Engineering, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, as CEO. He succeeds the retiring Tom Colatosti, who will continue to serve on the board of Oasis T&E as chairman, the company said Wednesday. Colato...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a five-year, $464.4 million contract to operate and sustain communications hardware for the U.S. Air Force’s E-11A aircraft. The company will perform maintenance work on the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node system, components and ancillary equipment under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quant...
The Department of Defense plans to add requirements to National Security Space Launch program contracts in a move to address Chinese and Russian interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In a briefing to potential vendors of the upcoming contracting round, DOD said the next generation of rockets designed for launching spy satellites sh...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is set to manufacture a rocket motor at full capacity to power the U.S. Army’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System and fulfill capacity requirements under a production contract from GMLRS prime contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Lockheed’s final assembly facility in Camden, Arkansas, takes in missile ro...
Ed Griebel, a nearly 20-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has assumed a new role as the company’s vice president for airborne surveillance, according to a LinkedIn post published Saturday. Griebel most recently served as VP in charge of profit and loss within an operating unit of Northrop’s marine systems propulsion developme...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy Volcano anti-tank munition-laying systems mounted on M977A4 heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks, related equipment and services through a potential $180 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) will serve as ...
Ken Bedingfield, most recently president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Epirus, has succeeded Leigh Madden as CEO of the Los Angeles-based technology company. Grant Verstandig, board chairman at Epirus, said in a statement published Tuesday Bedingfield’s leadership and decades of experience will be key in implementing the ...
Thirty veterans of the government, industry and academia to serve on a federal advisory committee that offers strategic and policy recommendations to the National Space Council. Lester Lyles, a retired U.S. Air Force general and an independent consultant, was selected to chair the NSpC Users Advisory Group, the White House said Friday. Vice Presiden...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has elevated Scott Vander Hamm to the positions of vice president and corporate lead executive for the company’s U.S. Strategic Command and Air Force Global Strike Command accounts, according to a LinkedIn post. The retired Air Force major general joined Northrop in August 2019 as corporate director of AF aviation ...
