Kristie Cunningham serves as senior vice president of communications at BAE Systems Inc., where she is responsible for the firm’s external and internal communications activities and leads work on communications strategies and messages across all media and distribution channels. As a member BAE’s senior leadership team and global communications team, she directs media relations, employee engagement, marketing communications and community investment […] More

Business information provider Visiongain has unveiled its list of top 20 unmanned aerial vehicles and systems manufacturers in the world. The report predicts the specialties companies will choose in the field and how new players will try to stake a claim on a market that could undergo key structural changes amid an emergent commercial UAVs segment, Visiongain said Monday. “Although increasingly competitive, the […] More

More than 2,150 teams of middle school and high school students from 50 states, Canada and U.S. military schools have registered to participate in a cyberdefense contest run by the Air Force Association. Registrations for AFA’s CyberPatriot VII challenge are up approximately 40 percent from the 1,566 entrants recorded last year, AFA said Monday. The […] More

Strategic Defence Intelligence expects the growing demand for ISR systems and military technology advancements to fuel growth of the electronic warfare technology market over the next 10 years. The global EW systems market is forecast to achieve a 2.68 percent compound annual growth rate to be $13.2 billion in value by 2024, Strategic Defense Intelligence […] More

Research and Markets forecasts that the military laser systems market for the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries will reach a market value of $2.73 billion within the next six years. This 4.23 percent compound annual growth rate is due to increased research and development activity and a move toward self-sufficiency of some Asia-Pacific and European countries, the firm […] More

Ian Ziskin serves as president of Exec Excel Group LLC, a human capital coaching and consulting firm he founded in 2010 after a 28-year career as a corporate business executive. He serves on the board of directors of Axion Health and on the advisory boards at Humantelligence and RiseSmart. Ziskin also is an executive in residence and adviser […] More

The Air Force could unveil the winner of a contract to build the branch’s long-range radar system as soon as next week, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has approved the service’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar procurement plan. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are all vying for the contract. The […] More

Lexi Alexander serves as the leader of the business development organization at L-3’s National Security Solutions group where she is responsible for the vision and strategy of the group’s business development plan. Prior to joining L-3 Communications in April 2014, Alexander was Serco, Inc. vice president of business development for the defense and intelligence group where she […] More

A new MarketsandMarkets report rorecasts the maritime security market to reach $20.87 billion in value in 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 8.4 percent over the next five years. The firm said Thursday that the awareness of maritime threats, regulations, standards and international trade practices, as well as the globalization of maritime security operations will drive the market. The report also listed Kongsberg, Northrop […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the value of the electro-optical market will grow from $11.76 billion in 2014 to $14.03 billion in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 2.98 percent. The market research firm said Monday that growth is attributed to ongoing upgrade and replacement projects in the defense, homeland security and aerospace […] More

Deltek‘s Alex Rossino has outlined his analysis of the U.S. Army‘s spending on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 – Services vehicle in an effort to help vendors prepare for the upcoming ITES-3S iteration in fiscal year 2015. “ITES-3S is expected to be even more heavily utilized than its predecessor due to the Army’s desire to push more of its IT acquisition […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has opened a new office in Los Angeles to expand its engineering and technology service operations for military and private sector customers in the Southern California region.   Robert Brady, formerly of LinQuest, TASC and Northrop Grumman, heads the LA site as director for Air Force space acquisition and technology in […] More