Harry Lee, vice president of corporate contracts, pricing and supply chain at Northrop Grumman, has been named one of the recipients of the National Association of Asian American Professionals 100 award for 2014. The annual award, given to Asian Americans who have contributed to their professions and the Asian community, was presented at the NAAAP national […] More

Margaret Grayson serves as president for MTN Government Services, where she leads the company in providing integrated communications services for military and government agencies. Appointed to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council by President Bush in 2002 and currently serving at the request of President Obama, she actively participates in the development of policy recommendations and […] More

Curtiss-Wright has launched a rugged mobile Internet Protocol router subsystem for military ground vehicles and aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes Curtiss-Wright’s Ashburn, Virginia-based defense solutions division worked to incorporate a Cisco-developed gigabit Ethernet switch into the new variant of the Parvus DuraMAR 5915 component. The combination of the Cisco 5915 router […] More

Pratt & Whitney‘s Shanghai Engine Center hosted a visit from U.S. Ambassador to China Max Sieben Baucus, who inspected the facility and met with executives from United Technologies Corp.‘s subsidiaries and joint venture partner. The UTC subsidiary said Wednesday the center houses its Shanghai Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Maintenance Company venture with China Eastern Airlines. “It was a […] More

API Technologies Corp. has been awarded a $1 million contract to manufacture and deliver satellite communications technology products to an unnamed customer. The company said Friday it received the satcom systems order from a provider of wireless network equipment. Orlando, Florida-based API designs and produces radio frequency, microwave, electromagnetic, security and power systems and components. […] More

United Technologies Corp. has won a contract to modernize the airborne imaging sensors of the U.S. Air Force, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Michael Peck writes United Technologies’ UTC aerospace systems unit will work to upgrade the SYERS-2 sensor systems to the SYERS-2C version featuring multispectral technology. Kevin Raftery, UTC vice president, said the company […] More

Northrop Grumman has celebrated the 25th year of its B-2 stealth bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force in a re-enactment of its first takeoff at the Air Force’s Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The company said Thursday Plant 42 is where all B-2 aircraft were built and sent for programmed depot maintenance. According to Tom Vice, Northrop’s corporate vice […] More

Terrence Blair oversees technology strategy and technology-related consulting work for federal agencies as chief technology officer at Tetra Tech AMT – the information technology, aerospace and safety management arm of Tetra Tech. Blair, a more-than 25-year GovCon veteran, joined Tetra Tech after spending eight-and-a-half years at Sapient as technical lead for that company’s federal government consulting business unit […] More

Northrop Grumman Corp. will work to upgrade the navigation systems of the U.S. Navy’s Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command is planning to award a sole-source contract to Northrop’s aerospace systems segment to evaluate and certify the Kearfott-built KN-4073C navigation systems. The […] More

(Editor’s note: this interview took place prior to ATK’s April announcement that the company would spinoff its sporting division into an independent company and merge its aerospace and defense businesses with Orbital Sciences. Click here to read GovCon Wire’s coverage of both transactions.) As senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, Jeff Kubacki acts as the Arlington, […] More

CPI Aerostructures Inc., today announced that Terry Stinson will be brought onto CPI’s Board of Directors to serve a three-year term. With over 45 years of leadership in the aerospace and defense industry under his belt, Stinson has played a number of executive roles with companies including AAR Corp., Textron Aerospace, Triumph Group Inc., and his […] More

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated a new maritime surveillance radar that the company modified from a manned aircraft system built by Telephonics Corp. The company and Navy flew the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for the demonstration as part of the efforts to help Navy commanders increase their long-range imaging and search capabilities, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More