Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) have joined the list of awardees on a U.S. Air Force research and development contract worth up to $400 million over seven years, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Five companies now hold spots on the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program. General Atomics, Lockheed...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a 10-year, $994 million contract to provide logistics and maintenance support for the U.S. Air Force’s C-32A and C-40B/C executive transport planes. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include aircraft modification and program management services, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work will ...
Amy Hopkins, a defense and intelligence industry veteran, has been appointed vice president and general manager for national security space within Peraton‘s space and intelligence sector. “Excited to lead this team and looking forward to working with my space and national security colleagues across the community,” Hopkins wrote in ...
Jamie Landers, former director of business development for advanced programs at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) as vice president of business development. She announced her new role at the satellite imagery provider in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Landers led BD functions for Lockheed’s Advanced Program Deve...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $1.9 billion contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce 184 AH-64E Apache combat helicopters for the service branch and international customers, including Australia. The company said Friday the award brings the contract’s total funded value to $2.1 billion and could increase to more than $3.8 bil...
Twelve companies and two academic organizations received a total of $50 million in NASA’s latest round of funding for the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project. The awardees are members of NASA’s Advanced Composites Consortium, which will match the funds they received, the space agency said Friday. HiCAM’s production con...
The commercial space company of Sierra Nevada Corp. has appointed former Boeing (NYSE: BA) executive Tim Keating as chief strategy officer and senior vice president of global government operations. In his new role, Keating will lead the recently-established strategy and government affairs organization at Sierra Space, the SNC subsidiary said Tuesday...
The team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Italian company Leonardo will supply 13 units of the MH-139A Grey Wolf multimission helicopter to the U.S. Air Force under a $285 million production contract. Boeing said Tuesday the award covers sustainment and other support services for the platform selected by USAF to replace the branch’s UH-1N Huey...
Howard McKenzie, a 35-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been promoted to chief engineer at the corporate level and he succeeds Greg Hyslop, who is set to retire from the aerospace and defense company after 41 years of service. Hyslop will hold the chief engineer emeritus designation and assist with leadership transition efforts until...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $1.2 billion contract to develop two variants of the E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. E-7 comes with an Agile software design and open systems architecture to facilitate the integration of new capabilities and serves as an integrated command-and-control node to provide...
