Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a potential $13.9 million contract from Oasis Advanced Engineering to supply crewstation subsystems for the U.S. Army‘s Bradley Fighting Vehicle conduct-of-fire trainers. The contract contains a $4.2 million base value for the production of nine mobile and four institutional crewstation subsystems as well as a $9.7 million option for the delivery of an additional […] More

Paoli, Pennsylvania-based waste management service company JDog Junk Removal & Hauling has appointed Al Gourlay to its joint chiefs advisory board. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran joins the team of advisers comprised of military veterans and entrepreneurs who provide counsel to the company and its franchisees, JDog Junk Removal said Wednesday. Jerry Flanagan, JDog founder and CEO, said […] More

The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force have conducted joint close air support exercises with two Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base. Members of the 3rd Ranger Battalion visited Eglin to simulate the communication operations, fire support planning as well as laser range and target location operations during a close air support mission, the Army […] More

Joe Czyzyk, chairman and CEO of air cargo services provider Mercury Air Group, has been named chairman of the nonprofit organization U.S. Vets. U.S. Vets said Monday Czyzyk joined the veteran-focused organization’s board of directors in 2012 and served with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam under the naval mobile construction battalion. “As a veteran of the U.S. […] More

Serco Inc. has been awarded a potential $47.7 million contract to produce hazardous material support for the U.S. Navy’s southwest regional hazardous material centers. The contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year option periods, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Serco Inc. will perform work at the Naval Base San Diego, Naval Air Station […] More

Ron Costella serves as senior vice president of enterprise information technology sector within the management services group of AECOM, with responsibility in profit and loss, growth and information technology service delivery. Costella previously served as a VP and executive director of training and operational services segment at American Systems between February 2013 and September 2015 after […] More

Grant Begley, a leader in the field of drone technology and formerly corporate senior vice president of Alion Science and Technology, has joined UAS Drone Corp. as a member of the board of directors. UAS Drone Corp. said Wednesday Begley, who has also served as senior adviser for unmanned aerial systems at the Defense Department, brings experience […] More

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $21.7 million contract to modernize the targeting and pilotage systems of the U.S. Army’s AH-64E Apache helicopter. Lockheed will install new laser rangefinder designator kits for targeting in Apache’s day sensor assembly, the company said Wednesday. “We are currently fielding laser kits as part of the M-DSA phase 1 upgrade and are […] More

GATR Technologies will move forward to full-rate production of its Inflatable Satellite Communications Antenna for the U.S. Marine Corps as part of the High Bandwidth Special Intelligence-Palletized Terminal program of record. The company said Monday it will initially produce 36 terminals with X- and Ku-band capability for the Marines’ radio and intelligence battalions under a $440 million contract awarded earlier this […] More

Harris Corp. has conducted a limited user test of its Mid-tier Networking Vehicular Radio during the U.S. Army’s Network Integration Evaluation 15.3 operation at Fort Bliss in Texas. The company said Thursday it sought to validate the video, voice and data sharing capability of MNVR among soldiers across company, battalion and brigade levels and verify network routing configurations in […] More

Michael P. Kelliher serves as vice president for Department of Defense Enterprise Solutions at TAPE. He oversees the company’s accounts in research, development, test and evaluation, information technology, training, education and cybersecurity. A retired colonel of the U.S. Army, Kelliher previously worked as a principal program analyst at JB&A Inc., where he was in charge […] More

Lockheed Martin came in as the top-ranked aerospace and defense contractor in the 2015 edition of Military Times’ annual “Best for Vets” list, which evaluates how companies recruit and retain veterans for their workforces. Military Times submitted a survey of at least 80 questions potential candidates for the list to find out about their requirements for specific […] More