Boeing (NYSE: BA) will reorganize the roles and responsibilities of technology-related executive positions at the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor as Chief Technology Officer John Tracy plans to retire from the company in July after 10 years in the role. Tracy will start to transition his responsibilities over engineering, op...
AAR Defense Systems & Logistics has won a potential five-year, $104.97 million contract to provide logistics and depot-level support for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of C-40A Clipper transport aircraft. The company will perform work in Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Florida, California and Virginia through March 2021, the Defense Departme...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a potential seven-year, $319 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force perform maintenance and logistics work on C-32 transport aircraft for high-level government officials and C-40 military personnel and transport planes. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will also include modification design...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 10, 2016 ” A Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joint venture will help fund the development of Aerojet Rocketdyne™s AR-1 and Blue Origin™s BE-4 rocket engines, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. National Defense magazine reported Tuesday that United Launch Alliance will invest in the on...
Scott Ward, a former director of engines and motors at the United Launch Alliance, will join Sacramento, Calif.-based propulsion technology manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) as vice president of engineering. The 27-year aerospace engineering veteran will assume his new role on April 4 to offer more than&n...
The U.S. Air Force has unveiled the names of seven companies that will partner with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to help build a fleet of B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber planes for the military service, Defense News reported Monday. Lara Seligman writes Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said in a news briefing at the ...
The GovCon Index failed to hold onto positive momentum from a midday spike barely above the gain line Monday and ended at a decline of 0.573 points to 73.385 in a mixed day for U.S. financial markets. Declines among defense product and platform manufacturers in the Index lagged compared to services-oriented companies that led gainers....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” A second Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft has completed a flight test to check its mission systems avionics, external lighting and environmental systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the test covers operational checks on the tanker before the U.S....
Aerojet Rocketdyne and United Launch Alliance have won separate “other transaction” agreements worth a combined $161.9 million to build rocket engine prototypes under the U.S. Air Force‘s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle initiative. The Air Force said Monday the $115.3 million OTA with Aerojet Rocketdyne center...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has landed a $276 million contract modification from the U.S Navy to produce and deliver two Lot III P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday work will be performed through February 2019 in the U.K. and in Washington, Maryland, New York, Illinois, California, Utah and other lo...
