The State Department has approved Germany’s request to procure five Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes from the U.S. government through a potential $1.77 billion foreign military sale transaction. The German government asked to buy P-8As to replace its current fleet of Lockheed Martin-made (NYSE: LMT) P-3C Orion...
Zachary Lemnios and Terry Halvorsen of IBM (NYSE: IBM) said the company has led the development of a marketplace in a hybrid cloud environment meant to secure the development and production of microelectronics for the Department of Defense and commercial industry. IBM established the Marketplace for Advanced, Rapid, Quantifiably-assured, Trusted Sem...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted the fourth quarter 2020 financial performance of large prime defense contractors Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese &am...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2021 â Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the Australian air force demonstrated the performance of the company-built Loyal Wingman teaming aircraft during an initial test flight, ExecutiveBiz reported March 2. âBoeing and Australia are pioneering fully integrated combat operations by crewed and uncrewed aircraft,â said Leanne Ca...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), as an inductee into the 2021 Wash100 Award for driving innovative solutions across the technology and defense landscape, as well as spearheading investments to grow the BDS business unit. This marks Caretâs fifth consecutive Wash10...
A Boeing (NYSE: BA) vice president said the company is in talks with the U.S. Navy regarding T-7A Red Hawk aircraft as a potential replacement for the service branch’s T-45 Goshawk trainer platform, Military.com reported Tuesday. Chuck Dabundo, VP and T-7 program manager within Boeing’s strike, surveillance and mobility business, said a...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed six members of the company’s board of directors to lead different committees in a move slated to take effect when the company holds its shareholders’ meeting on April 20. The announcement comes as Arthur Collins and Susan Schwab plan to step down from the Chicago-based planemaker’s board upon expirat...
Aerospace sector veterans Chris Hadfield, Sandy Magnus, David Whelan, George Whitesides have joined a new board at Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) that will advise the company's senior leadership team on commercial spacelight and vehicle development matters....
Aerospace sector veterans Chris Hadfield, Sandy Magnus, David Whelan, George Whitesides have joined a new board at Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) that will advise the company's senior leadership team on commercial spacelight and vehicle development matters. Virgin Galactic said Tuesday its space advisory board members will hold discussions regard...
NASA has named Diane Dailey, Chloe Mehring, Fiona Turett and Brandon Lloyd as flight directors to help the agency manage operations of the International Space Station. "These four join a storied group of individuals. Weâre excited to have them and know they are up for the task,â said Steve Koerner, director of flight operations at NASA....
