Bell has opened an office in Wichita, Kan., that will house the Textron subsidiary's corporate, manufacturing, supply chain and engineering functions and programs that support aerospace customers. The new facility is part of an investment to grow Bell operations after the U.S. Army selected the aircraft manufacturer to participate in two of the service branch's modernization programs, Textron said Thursday.

Srila LaRochelle, former head of Application Integrated Circuit Sales for Globalfoundries' North America segment, has joined SkyWater Technology as vice president of strategic business development. SkyWater is a Minnesota-based company that offers read-out integrated circuits, interposers, mixed-signal and radiation-hardened products.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems unit has conducted a third demonstration of how the extended-range Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system could support the U.S. Army in multidomain operations. The company said Monday it used intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads, long-range sensors, command and control systems and air-launched effects from industry partners during monthlong demo event.

The Department of Defense has selected five out of 172 ventilator proposals through a rapid prototyping initiative that sought to prevent a looming shortage of breathing devices amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Textron’s Bell subsidiary has partnered with nine other companies to manufacture a helicopter prototype in pursuit of the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Lockheed Martin has accelerated $256M in supplier payments this week as part of efforts to support supply-chain level small business amid operational disruptions, Inside Defense reported Friday.

Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems segment, has said that software-defined radios can help address the Department of Defense’s interoperability issues, Avionics International reported Friday.

Hafidh Ghalib, lead of Array’s geophysical and geotechnical research and development and knowledge data center programs, has been elevated to the position of senior vice president at the firm's advanced technology division.

Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, has said efforts to drive business growth will continue amid some external challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic, Inside Defense reported Wednesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 27, 2020 — Roger Krone, chairman and CEO at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and a 2020 Wash100 winner, told CNBC in an interview the company looks to carry momentum from a pair of signficant acquisitions and government contract awards into its new fiscal year, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 19.

 

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business demonstrated new long-range sensors with the Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system.

Exostar has launched a working group that will work to modernize supply chain operations in the aerospace and defense sectors.