William LaPlante, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) B-21 Raider stealth bomber has been given the green light to kick off low-rate initial production following its initial flight test in 2023....
Chris Haynes, formerly senior director of strategy and business development at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has assumed the position of vice president/general manager at General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business. He will be responsible for overseeing the missile subsystems unit at General Dynamics OTS in his new ro...
As space innovation accelerates, 2024 promises to be a year full of exciting rocket launches, satellite technology improvements and space exploration breakthroughs. Mark your calendars for these significant upcoming launches: If you’re interested in the increasingly vital space domain, you won’t want to miss exclusive insights at the Potomac Off...
An RTX subsidiary (NYSE: RTX) has received a $407.6 million modification to a task order for the development of the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile in support of the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment. In September 2022, a Raytheon and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) team secured a $985.3 million task order to bui...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received an approximately $121.5 million performance-based-logistics requirements contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for B-1 Bomber AN/APQ-164 offensive radar low observable antennas. Requirements will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force through Dec. 31, 2028, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The firm...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential nine-year, $700 million contract to deliver an integrated cloud and sensor platform to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The company said Wednesday it will use model-based systems engineering to consolidate DIA’s technical capabilities and apply digital engineering to enable operational effic...
Nick Lapato, former director of network operations center at Inmarsat Government, has been named senior vice president of program management at the Reston, Virginia-based telecommunications services provider, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. He oversaw the company’s network operations center for more than a year after serving ...
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Mick Jaggers, a 13-year Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) veteran, has been appointed chief operating officer at Epirus, a Torrance, California-based directed energy system manufacturer. Jaggers announced his new post Tuesday on LinkedIn and he assumed the role after serving as the company’s senior vice president and general manager for defense. Be...
Twelve companies will compete for task orders on a potential five-year $975 million contract to provide training support services to the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received 18 bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will determine work locations and budget upon the issuance of each order, the Department of Defense ...
