In anticipation of adding additional personnel and future ship competitions, Ingalls Shipbuilding announced various realignment plans during the Surface Navy Association National Symposium, Sea Power Magazine reported Wednesday. Irwin Edenzon, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said that the company plans to add 2,500 people at its yard in Pascagoula, Miss., by the end of 2014. Ingalls is also opening a […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has won 12 contracts with a total combined ceiling value of more than $55 million to perform health services for the U.S. military. All contracts were won since Sept. 1 from the departments of the Navy, Air Force and Army, as well as the Defense Health Agency, Booz Allen said Thursday. Andrea […] More

Lockheed Martin has conducted a simulation test to validate the configured software of a vertical launching system  for the U.S. Navy‘s long range anti-ship missile. The new interface worked to prepare and launch Lockheed-built LRASM weapon from the MK 41 vertical launcher during the demonstration, Lockheed said Wednesday. “This recent test demonstrates the low-risk and […] More

Raytheon Co. has launched a $125,000 scholarship program aimed to help students pursuing a four-year degree related to science, technology, engineering and math or any related field. The Raytheon- Zumwalt Scholarship, established through the Anchor Scholarship Foundation, is also meant to honor Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., a former chief of Naval Operations, Raytheon announced […] More

Stephen Kupcha, a former Navy SEAL and 16-year Defense Department veteran, has joined SAP‘s independent national security subsidiary SAP NS2 as executive director of its nonprofit organization and as a business development senior specialist. He is the first person to hold the executive director title for NS2 Serves and most recently as senior manager of public […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and integration work on a communications satellite of the U.S. Navy ahead of initial system testing. The fifth Mobile User Objective Systems satellite sits on a Lockheed-built A2100 bus and a system module developed by General Dynamics, Lockheed said Monday. “Compared to our last build, we are approximately 20 percent ahead […] More

Raytheon has awarded Octagon Systems a contract to supply rugged computers for installation onboard the U.S. Navy‘s amphibious warfare ships, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will integrate the Octagon computing platform with all San Antonio-class vessels, including the USS Somerset, for the Navy. Octagon computers use an […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded L-3 Communication Systems-East a contract of an undisclosed value to design a communications subsystem for deployment onboard Canada’s arctic and offshore patrol ships. L-3 CS-East will provide automated components for maritime communications equipment under the Canadian navy’s AOPS project, for which Lockheed is a supplier, L-3 said Wednesday. “The interior and exterior […] More

Cherreka Montgomery joined SAP NS2 – the independent national security subsidiary of SAP — in late 2012 to serve as national vice president for corporate development. In this role, the State Department and intelligence community veteran works to help agencies in the defense and intelligence arenas manage their missions. Her career in government services includes […] More

Rich White joined Capstone Corporation in May 2013 and serves as chief executive at the provider of information; training; and strategy, planning and operations solutions and services to the federal government. White joined Capstone from Harris Corp, where he spent more than 30 years and held executive leadership positions in areas including space, intelligence, information […] More

Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to kick off a year-long celebration to honor the company’s 100th anniversary. The management and technology consulting firm was founded by Edwin Booz in 1914 and has worked with clients such as the U.S. Navy, American Red Cross and NASA, […] More