Chris Bellios, chief operating officer of Hexagon US Federal, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s value in the federal market, the impact emerging technologies are having on the intelligence community and federal agencies, the most effective ways to drive growth and the new challenges of recruitment.

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Textron CEO Scott Donnelly said foreign military sales may help its Bell Helicopter subsidiary maintain military revenues over the next decade as it is scheduled to complete its V-22 tiltrotor program with Boeing in 2024, AINonline reported Monday.

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The U.S. Army has trained a company of militay personnel on how to operate an extended-range variant of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system from General Atomics' aeronautical systems business.

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Jane Chappell, vice president of global intelligence solutions at Raytheon, has said ground stations and automated technologies could help the U.S. military and intelligence community utilize small and large satellites, Breaking Defense reported Monday.

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Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey has said federal agencies have been utilizing hyper-convergence and the cloud to meet the rapidly changing customer needs, Federal News Network reported Wednesday.

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Thomas Bell, president of the defense business at Rolls-Royce, has been appointed to serve in the additional roles of president and CEO for the company’s North American subsidiary. He will succeed Marion Blakey, who is due to retire by the end of June after three years at the helm, Rolls-Royce said Wednesday. Bell rejoined the company […] More

Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has changed its name to “Bell” and adopted a new logo to reflect the company’s focus on innovation and customer experience. Bell said Thursday it collaborated with brand and design consultancy FutureBrand to complete the rebranding, which will be carried out over the next year. The two companies started the project in the […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has partnered with four other companies to support Australia’s Air 7003 project that seeks to build medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft systems and ground control stations for the country’s defense force. Team Reaper Australia is composed of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Cobham, Flight Data Systems and the Australian businesses of CAE and Raytheon. GA-ASI CEO Linden Blue announced the […] More

Scott Campbell, a former senior vice president at VAS Defense, has joined Associated Aircraft Manufacturing & Sales Inc. to serve in a similar role at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based military aviation technology manufacturing and repair company. AAMSI said Wednesday the 26-year aerospace industry veteran will oversee sales and business development functions of the company’s newly formed business unit that supports customers […] More

Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron, has introduced a shipborne unmanned aerial system designed to combine helicopters’ vertical lift function with the speed and range of fixed-wing aircraft. Textron said Thursday it expects production of the Bell V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor UAS to  begin in 2023 to support operations in maritime environments and locations without runways. Bell developed the UAS platform to help military customers […] More

The Center for a New American Security has appointed nine executives from the defense, consulting and financial industries to the organization’s board of advisers. CNAS said Thursday that each appointee will serve a three-year term and aims to help inform the debate over U.S. national security issues. “Their engagement on key topics will be invaluable to furthering […] More

SAP has introduced a fresh public service offering in an effort to expand its program meant to help urban governments address citizen needs. Branded as SAP Future Cities, the service is developed to assist city officials worldwide in engaging with the public, collecting tax and revenue, and delivering other services through shared management practices, SAP […] More