Business/Financial

By Geoff Fein From being able to carry and launch a variety of manned and unmanned systems to the ability to start up its engines with the click of a […]

Curtiss-Wright [CW] earlier this week it has acquired United Kingdom-based Skyquest Systems Ltd., a supplier of aircraft video displays, recorders and video/radar converters, for $16 million. The acquisition builds on […]

ManTech International [MANT] earlier this week said it has agreed to acquire Sensor Technologies Inc. (STI), a small contractor that has a prime position on the Army’s Strategic Services Sourcing […]

By Geoff Fein As the Navy begins installing advanced capability 08 (ACB 08) on its cruisers, those ships are also sending fire control officers and technicians to school to train […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last week notified Congress of a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) portion of the Remote Minehunting System (RMS) program. Lockheed Martin […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has completed the $1.7 billion sale of its former advisory services business, TASC, Inc., to an investor group led by General Atlantic LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts […]

Jacobs Engineering Group [JEC] on Friday said it has acquired TYBRIN Corp., a professional services firm offering mission planning, software engineering, systems engineering and other services to the Defense Department, […]

By Calvin Biesecker The aerospace industry is on its way toward posting modest growth this year, driven by strong military sales and a slight improvement in civil aircraft business, but […]

By Geoff Fein The perceived lack of a imminent threat, along with dwindling budgets and shrinking industrial base, are having a significant impact on the development of undersea warfare systems, […]

By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC] has successfully completed maritime sensor demonstrations for the Coast Guard using a company-owned MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). Fire Scout […]