Northrop Grumman‘s Amherst Systems business has received a potential $75 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide support services for Saudi Arabia’s Joint Threat Emitter platform. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center obligated $14,875,128 from foreign military sales funds at the time of award. The JTE […] More

Thales has selected nine startup companies to join a six-month, cybersecurity-focused business development program led by the company at the Station F startup campus in France. The company said Wednesday that it looks to bolster its cybersecurity portfolio and foster innovation through partnerships between startups, small and medium-size enterprises as well as the larger industry. Thales will […] More

Harris and the University of Rochester in New York have partnered to form a data science consortium as part of a joint effort to help agencies and companies analyze huge volumes of data with technology. The state of New York has pledged $22.5 million to help fund the establishment of Rochester Data Science Consortium as part […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Moog a potential five-year, $50 million contract to repair 26 items for the U.S. Navy‘s F-18 aircraft fleet. Moog will perform work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through June 2022 at various locations in California, Florida and New York, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the Navy will obligate fiscal 2017 working […] More

BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary plans to invest $8.4 million to expand operations at a company facility in Aiken County, South Carolina, and expects to create more than 120 jobs through the expansion effort. The South Carolina Department of Commerce said Tuesday that BAE Systems Inc. will also add new equipment and machinery as well as renovate office space in its […] More

Near Earth Autonomy has secured a contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative to help the space agency integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace. Near Earth said Wednesday that it will develop and demonstrate technologies to facilitate safe unmanned aircraft operations in case of emergency situations. The company will also build an autonomous contingency system that can help unmanned aircraft […] More

The Air Traffic Control Association has presented Raytheon the 2016 Industrial Award for the company’s work to help modernize ATC systems that manage the majority of the country’s civilian airspace. The company said Monday it received the award during ATCA’s 61st Annual Conference and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Raytheon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration on an 18-month […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded Cobham an $8 million contract to build a motion control technology for use in two microwave instruments Northrop is developing for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System  program. Cobham said Thursday it will develop the motion controller system at its Hauppauge, New York-based facility for integration with the Advanced Technology Microwave […] More

Grant Thornton has transferred its Hartford operations in Connecticut from an office building at 175 Capital Blvd. to a leased space at 90 State House Square located within the city’s primary business district. The company said Wednesday its new 7,928-square-foot facility in downtown Hartford features conference and team rooms with audiovisual and video conferencing systems. Frank Kurre, managing partner for Grant Thornton’s […] More

Dave Dzaran leads engineering and software services contractor Integrity Applications Inc. as the company’s president and CEO. Dzaran works with IAI’s board of directors and senior executive team to craft and implement corporate strategies, assess financial performance and oversee the firm’s operations. He is a two-decade veteran of systems acquisition and integration and program management related to space-based intelligence, […] More

Exelis has signed an agreement with four Federal Aviation Administration-designated test facilities to study the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. civilian airspace. The sites will use Exelis’ Symphony RangeVue sense-and-avoid tool for operators and test personnel to access real-time and historical aircraft surveillance data via a Web platform, Exelis said Tuesday. Symphony RangeVue is designed to […] More

At General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, James Kilbride deploys the capabilities of the firm’s Cyber and Intelligence Solutions division to help government customers advance their missions. Kilbride joined General Dynamics in 2005 and earned with a doctoral degree in computer science one year later, which he holds in addition to his M.B.A. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic […] More