Business/Financial
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BudgetFinancial Sector Wants More Security Clearances To Bolster Cyber Threat Information Sharing
Information sharing with the federal government related to cyber security threats is benefitting the financial services sector but having more people in industry access to more classified information and improvements […]
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ArmyBeware The Dog That Doesn’t Bark, Army Official Says of Army Mod Programs
The Army is expected to release its modernization plan in the near future, reflecting priorities such as the Network and Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), but if a program isn’t mentioned, […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Offers Ways To Maintain Bradley Capability
BAE Systems, original equipment manufacturer for the Bradley Fighting vehicle, is proposing ways to keep the 586 supplier-strong industrial base and Army modernization moving along instead of an Army plan […]
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Air ForceEUROSAM SAMP/T Uses Link 16, NATO Environment In Ballistic Missile Test
A joint French and Italian crew March 6 operating two French Air Force Surface-To-Air-Missile Platform/Terrain (SAMP/T) units successfully scored in a test against a ballistic missile threat, for the first […]
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Air ForceBeechcraft Protests Air Force’s $427 Million Light Air Support Contract To Sierra Nevada
Beechcraft protested with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Friday the Air Force’s recent award of a $427 million contract to Sierra Nevada Defense Corp. (SNC) to provide 20 of Brazilian […]
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ArmyMD Helicopters Successfully Completes Phase 1 Weapons Platform Testing
MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) this week said its new MD 540F, a candidate for any potential Army Armed Scout Helicopter program, successfully completed the first phase of live fire exercises. […]
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Business/FinancialGD Rotates Combat Systems Chief Heebner To Information Systems Group
Drawing from its bench, General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it has appointed David Heebner, who is currently in charge of the company’s Combat Systems group, to become head of […]
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ArmyARL Extends Mico-Robotics Contract With BAE Systems
BAE Systems this week said it has been awarded a $43 million cooperative agreement extension to lead the Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology […]
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Business/FinancialRidge, Schmidt Form Cyber Security Consulting Firm
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former White House Cyber Security Czar Howard Schmidt have launched a new consulting firm that provides strategic and advisory services to executives in […]
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Business/FinancialGD Boosts Quarterly Dividend
General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it will increase its quarterly dividend by 10 percent, upping the payment to stockholders to 56 cents per share. The current dividend is 51 cents […]