CAE (NYSE: CAE) has captured contracts worth a combined $132.8 million to provide flight simulation equipment and pilot training services to multiple domestic and international defense customers. The company said Wednesday it received a contract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to build Phenom 100 synthetic training devices ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a $275 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to study and engineer ground-based space systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also transition the resulting technology to support the Air Force’s operations. Boeing will perform research, engineering, program management and technica...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a $235.3 million contract modification by the Naval Air Systems Command to obtain long-lead materials needed for the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A maritime aircraft program. The modification covers parts, components and equipment that Boeing will need to produce and deliver 11 full-rate production Lot IV P-8As...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2016 ” General Atomics has worked with the U.S. Navy to test the company’s aircraft arrestment system on the Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The test at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst checked the functionality of the Advanced Arresting Gear t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” An unmanned aerial vehicle built by Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary has flown in airspace that also accommodates manned aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The U.S. Marine Corps reported March 25 the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 flew an RQ-21A Blackjack in...
The Defense Microelectronics Activity has awarded positions on a potential $7.2 billion contract vehicle to eight companies to support the agency’s work on new technology insertions and applications for military systems. Contractors will bid for individual task orders over a 10-year ordering period to enginee...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $325.8 million delivery order to Boeing (NYSE: BA) for 15, 000 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits under Lot 20. The Defense Department said Thursday the order builds on a previously awarded contract and will include technical and field support services through March 29, 2018. Boeing’s defense, sp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2016 ” NASA will build new ground infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center to support the processing of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Orion spacecraft and Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Space Launch System, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The space agency said Wednesday its plan is the result of an as...
Chris Raymond, Boeing vice president and general manager for electronic and information solutions division, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership in intelligence and analytics. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders select...
Dewey Houck, Boeing (NYSE:BA) chief data analytics officer for the defense segment, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his contributions in the cyber and data analytics field. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mo...
