Eric Trexler, vice president of sales for global governments at Forcepoint, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company culture as well as how its workforce is built for long-term success in such a competitive market and how recent acquisitions such as Deep Secure drive value for its customers during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the […] More

An industry team led by Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a contract to deploy an uncrewed balloon for the assessment phase of the British defense ministry’s stratospheric communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance project. SNC said Wednesday its team members for the Project Aether demonstration are the company’s mission systems subsidiary in the U.K., World View […] More

Now that America is steadily rising to its feet after being devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to rehabilitate the country and stimulate the economy are well underway. And among the lineup is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a once-in-a-generation, trillion-dollar investment by the government aimed to bolster the nation’s infrastructure. With this massive […] More

Jeff Trauberman, vice president of government affairs for Virgin Orbit National Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his strategic goals for the coming year as well as recent partnerships to extend its position in the federal market to address the technology and innovation challenges of today during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full Executive Spotlight […] More

The president’s engagement-and-expansion policy places national defense at the center of the operation. The U.S. military can protect the country and its people from direct threats. They also help keep peace and stability in areas critical to U.S. interests and back up U.S. defense commitments worldwide. With 801 billion U.S. dollars spent on the military […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has completed a series of system-level tests for the Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft, which serves as a variant of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA for the British air force. The defense company said Tuesday the future medium-altitude, long-endurance RPA underwent full-scale static strength, environmental and high-intensity radiated field testing, […] More

Many businesses are trying their best to win a bid on government contracts. Many failed but the ones who succeed are great in numbers. Perhaps the question is, what exactly do government contractors do? Corporations, organizations, and private companies that supply goods and services to government agencies are known as government contractors. They are guaranteed […] More

BAE Systems has secured contracts worth more than $305 million to build an integrated synthetic environment where U.K. military pilots can train to operate the Typhoon multirole combat aircraft. The company said Monday it will lead a team composed of industrial and academic entities to provide 10 simulators along with training facilities to two British […] More

KBS Maritime, a joint venture between KBR and BAE Systems, announced Monday will provide facilities management and dockside services at HM Naval Base Portsmouth in the U.K. under a five-year $470 million contract. The award is expected to expand KBR’s presence in the U.K. naval defense sector.

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Inmarsat’s government subsidiary has provided General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. with an L-band satellite communications system to control an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft on its first flight across the Atlantic. The SwiftBroadband satcom platform supported the medium altitude, long endurance RPA in selecting routes and running data applications throughout the trans-Atlantic journey, Inmarsat said Thursday. […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business flew an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft Tuesday from Grand Forks, N.D., to a U.K. air force station located in Gloucestershire, England. The company said Tuesday it used Inmarsat‘s SwiftBroadband L-band satellite communications system to manage the first trans-Atlantic flight of the medium-altitude, long-endurance RPA. SkyGuardian will be presented at the three-day Royal […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm and the New Zealand government have formalized an agreement for the installation and testing of Anzac-class frigate systems as part of ship modernization efforts. The company said Wednesday it designed a combat system for two New Zealand frigates and subcontracted Seaspan Victoria Shipyards to install the technology on both ships at a Canada-based […] More