Astronics has received a 24-month, $5 million contract to supply night-vision lighting systems for the F-16 jets of an unnamed country through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The contract calls for Astronics to design and develop a complete lighting system that will work to help pilots fly F-16s with night-vision goggles, the company said Wednesday. Astronics added the system will incorporate exterior and […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded Cobham an $8 million contract to build a motion control technology for use in two microwave instruments Northrop is developing for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System  program. Cobham said Thursday it will develop the motion controller system at its Hauppauge, New York-based facility for integration with the Advanced Technology Microwave […] More

The Small Business Administration has awarded $325,000 in grant funds to 21 organizations to assist the agency in efforts to help entrepreneurs get more involved in the government’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs. SBA said Thursday it chose 16 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, colleges and universities to receive a combined $125,000 under the […] More

Grant Thornton has transferred its Hartford operations in Connecticut from an office building at 175 Capital Blvd. to a leased space at 90 State House Square located within the city’s primary business district. The company said Wednesday its new 7,928-square-foot facility in downtown Hartford features conference and team rooms with audiovisual and video conferencing systems. Frank Kurre, managing partner for Grant Thornton’s […] More

  The government contracting industry experienced a robust period of mergers and acquisitions that reshaped its composition in 2015 and continued executive transitions between companies. As companies merge and new identities enter the market, some businesses face a challenge to fill vacant leadership positions. From time to time, GovCon firms of all shape and sizes […] More

Dave Dzaran leads engineering and software services contractor Integrity Applications Inc. as the company’s president and CEO. Dzaran works with IAI’s board of directors and senior executive team to craft and implement corporate strategies, assess financial performance and oversee the firm’s operations. He is a two-decade veteran of systems acquisition and integration and program management related to space-based intelligence, […] More

The IKONOS imaging satellite made by Lockheed Martin for DigitalGlobe has been retired after nearly two decades of gathering and sharing more than 400 square kilometres of images of the Earth’s surface. The satellite, launched in September 1999, concluded its operation on March 31 after 15 years of collecting high-resolution images used in mapping, agriculture, […] More

Exelis has signed an agreement with four Federal Aviation Administration-designated test facilities to study the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. civilian airspace. The sites will use Exelis’ Symphony RangeVue sense-and-avoid tool for operators and test personnel to access real-time and historical aircraft surveillance data via a Web platform, Exelis said Tuesday. Symphony RangeVue is designed to […] More

BAE Systems‘ electronic systems business will provide 22 “identification friend or foe” interrogators to the U.S. Navy under an $8.5 million contract modification, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes that the company will supply its AN/UPX-41(C) digital interrogators to help surface ships and ground installations distinguish between friendly and enemy aircraft. The Navy will use 14 […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $78.5 million contract modification to build combat avionics test equipment for the U.S. Navy, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the company is tasked to supply 29 electronic consolidated automated support system units to the naval air warfare center aircraft division. The Navy intends for the eCASS equipment to help […] More

Margaret Grayson serves as president for MTN Government Services, where she leads the company in providing integrated communications services for military and government agencies. Appointed to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council by President Bush in 2002 and currently serving at the request of President Obama, she actively participates in the development of policy recommendations and […] More

A panel of financial industry experts gathered at a Verizon-sponsored event Tuesday in New York to discuss technology and customer relationship issues facing retail banking and wealth management companies. Verizon said Wednesday that Niti Badarinath, head of mobile and money movement at US Bank, and Chandan Sharma, global managing director of financial services at Verizon, […] More