Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared the defense company’s goal of increasing its annual manufacturing capacity for Javelin missiles from 2,100 to 4,000 to meet U.S. and ally requirements. In an interview with CBS News, Taiclet said boosting production to its target numbers will take […] More

Leonardo DRS has awarded Moog an initial contract to manufacture 30 remote turrets that will be part of mission equipment packages for new U.S. Army ground systems intended to defend against manned and unmanned aircraft threats. Moog said Wednesday it will supply one Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform turret demonstrator, 28 RIwPs and one spare for the […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Byron Bright, president for Government Solutions at KBR, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most valued award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his efforts to develop military technology solutions and capabilities as well as drive revenue and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for KBR. 

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Leonardo DRS secured an initial award under a potential five-year, $600 million contract from General Dynamics' land systems business to manufacture 28 mission equipment packages for the U.S. Army's Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platforms being developed by the latter.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne has hit a new milestone for its solid rocket flight motor with the delivery of the 5,000th unit to power Raytheon Technologies' Stinger missile system.

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KBR has completed its acquisition of Centauri from Arlington Capital Partners. KBR’s acquisition of Centauri will advance KBR's strategic transformation, enabling the company to become a leading provider of high-end, mission-critical technical services and solutions. ""Centauri adds an enormous benefit to KBR," said Stuart Bradie, KBR president and CEO. 

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Mark Batis, former vice president at Criterion Systems, has joined Rockville, Md,-based information technology consulting firm Precise Software Solutions as vice president for growth, FedHealthIT reported Monday.

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Stuart Bradie, president and CEO of KBR, said the company's leadership team pursued a strategy five years ago to expand its government services market presence.

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Military commanders and civilian air traffic controllers need new technology platforms to help detect and counter rogue drones flying over sports stadiums, airports and military installations. “This is very fast-moving from a technology standpoint,” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business, said of drones.

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The U.S. Army has tested a fuze technology for an air defense system that Raytheon built to help warfighters counter threats such as adversarial unmanned aircraft systems. Raytheon said Tuesday its Stinger missile with proximity fuze was able to hit multiple targets 100 percent of the time during the qualification test held at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The device […] More

Col. Chuck Worshim, program manager for cruise missile defense systems at the U.S. Army’s program executive office missiles and space, has said General Dynamics’ land systems business will serve as the platform integrator for the service’s Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platform, Defense News reported Thursday. The IM-SHORAD system seeks to address a capability gap in the […] More

Leonardo DRS has been tapped to supply a mission equipment package for the U.S. Army’s Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platform. The company said Thursday its mission equipment system will be installed on the Stryker A1 vehicle to provide brigade combat units with a capability to detect, track and counter threats associated with fixed- wing, […] More