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ArmyAUSA Cancels March’s Global Force Symposium Due To COVID Concerns
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) said Monday evening it has canceled its Global Force Symposium and Exposition scheduled for late March in Huntsville, Alabama due to COVID-related […]
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Navy/USMCFord Carrier To Deploy By Fall, Navy Says
The Navy’s latest aircraft carrier, the first in its class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is expected to deploy “by this fall,” the Navy’s program executive officers for aircraft carriers […]
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Navy/USMCFirst MQ-8C Deploys With Navy
The latest version of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C, deployed for the first time aboard the Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) last month, the […]
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COVID-19Telework Still Widely Utilized at Some Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites
After the omicron variant of COVID-19 delayed plans to return many workers to their offices, telework remained allowable and well-utilized for eligible employees across the civilian nuclear weapons complex last […]
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Business/FinancialL3Harris Names New CFO
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday named Michelle Turner as its new chief financial officer, succeeding Jay Malave, who the company said is pursing “career opportunities outside of L3Harris.” The abrupt […]
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Business/FinancialCurtiss-Wright Acquiring Safran Unit That Makes Aircraft Arresting Systems
Curtiss-Wright Corp. [CW] last Friday said it has agreed to acquire Safran Aerosystems Arresting Company (SAA) for $240 million in cash, giving it a new product line and expanding its […]
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Business/FinancialRocket Lab Closes $80 Million Acquisition Of SolAero
Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] this week said it has completed its $80 million cash acquisition of SolAero Holdings in a deal that adds scalable solar space power products to its […]
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SpaceNRO Awards Five Commercial Radar Contracts, Expects to Issue Next Commercial Focus Area Later This Year
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded five commercial radar contracts to Airbus‘ U.S. division; San Francisco-based Capella Space; Finland-based ICEYE’s U.S. division; Florida-based PredaSAR Corp.; and Santa Barbara-based Umbra […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Amphib Force Structure Study Expected Finished In March
Last week a Navy official said an ongoing study on the future amphibious ship force structure is due to be complete in March. The study “will evaluate what our requirement […]
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Business/FinancialMaloney Plans Bill To Allow Contracting Officers To Obtain More Contractor Cost Data
The chairwoman of a House panel that oversees federal contracting on Wednesday released a draft bill aimed at enabling federal contracting officers to require cost information from contractors when necessary […]
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