The U.S. government must look at adopting commercial sector manufacturing practices to quickly build and field a more proliferated network of sensors in space, Mike Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said Dec. 3. Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s event †...

A Defense Department study to determine an improved rule for contract financing is on hold until the fiscal year 2020 defense budget negotiations have been completed, a senior acquisition official at the Pentagon said Dec. 2. The department hopes to soon begin the congressionally directed study and ...

A cybersecurity provider for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is urging reconsideration of a recent follow-on award to a rival company. The transition from the $271 million contract held by information-technology specialist Criterion Systems, of ...

Curtiss-Wright [CW] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire 901D Holdings for $132 million in cash, expanding its work with U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs and shipyards and adding new capabilities in shipboard enclosures and full-integrated electronic solutions. The acquisition is expected to ...

Leidos [LDOS] on Monday said that John Zangardi, who resigned from the Department of Homeland Security in mid-November after two years as chief information officer, has joined the company’s Civil Group as senior vice president of Business Initiatives and Strategic Partnerships. Zangardi started ...

The investment firm KKR [KKR] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire the holding company Novaria Group, a supplier of precision aerospace components to commercial and defense customers. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close by the first quarter of 2020 pending regulatory approvals, were ...