A new Research and Markets report forecasts a 4.2 percent compound annual growth rate for the global ammunition market by 2020 due to modernization programs and ongoing conflicts in some parts of the world. The market research firm said Tuesday that ATK, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Nammo and Raytheon could lead the market as it shifts focus from the west to Asia-Pacific and the Middle […] More

Tim Hein serves as the vice president of contracts at ATK Defense Systems Group. He is responsible for all aspects of contract management activities including strategic agreements, export and import performance and compliance, facility use contracting, and DoD or commercial procurement regulatory compliance. Prior to this role, Hein was contracts manager at United Defense LP […] More

Austal USA has launched the USS Montgomery littoral combat ship the company built for the U.S. Navy’s near-shore and open-ocean operations under a $3.5 billion block purchase inked in 2010. General Dynamics‘ Advanced Information Systems served as integrator for the ship’s navigation, C4I and aviation systems, General Dynamics said Wednesday. Austal USA collaborated with Berard […] More

Engility Holdings Inc., recently announced that it has received a $10.1 million contract to supply technical advisory services to the Guatemala office of the U.S. Agency for International Development to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The five-year contract represents Engility’s 12 years of experience in Guatemala, supporting new work to improve natural resource management, […] More

Paul Falkler heads the national intelligence programs at Vistronix, building the information systems, solutions and services provider’s capabilities in the sector through mergers and acquisitions, and strategy and integration application. He headed strategy development at Varen Technologies prior to joining Vistronix and held the same role at SAIC in a vice president capacity. Falkler held […] More

MBDA has started to produce Brimstone 2 missile for the British air force to use on its fleet of Tornado GR4 aircraft. The Brimstone 2 missile is built to help the Tornado in guidance against targets and work through both safety methods and potential logistical issues, MBDA said Brimstone 2 enters the series production phase after a qualification of the Brimstone 2 IM rocket […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration and NASA will collaborate with three companies to demonstrate a technology intended to prevent unmanned drones from colliding with other planes in airspace, Aviation International News reported Friday. Bill Carey writes that the FAA and NASA plan to conduct flight tests of a commercial drone equipped with a detect-and-avoid system at […] More

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’s Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group communications director from 2009-2011. Nielsen […] More

MBDA and Mitsubishi Electric are undertaking a preliminary deal to develop midrange missiles for the F-35 fighter jets as part of the Japanese government’s efforts to establish international defense procurement partnerships, Reuters reported Thursday. Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo report the deal would be the first to involve using Japanese-built parts for missile exports as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration continues […] More

Raytheon has performed the first live fire test for its precision-guided weapon system. The Excalibur S, built with a laser spot tracker, worked to destroy its target following a GPS-guided target detection and laser-designated direct hit, Raytheon said Sunday. Michelle Lohmeier, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ land warfare systems product line, said the laser-guided Excalibur […] More

Prakash Panjwani, former senior vice president and general manager of Safenet’s data protection group, will succeed Dave Hansen as Safenet’s president and CEO, Safenet announced Thursday. Panjwani has been with the data protection company for 12 years, said Dave Fishman, a partner at Vector Capital and member of SafeNet’s board of directors. Prior to Safenet, […] More

Northrop Grumman has appointed Ben Palmer, Jon Anderson and Simon Cooper to business development leadership roles for the company’s Europe and U.K. organization. The company said Wednesday Palmer will be director of European strategy and business development, Anderson will be director of business development for C4ISR (land, maritime and civil) and Cooper will be director of business development for C4ISR (air). […] More