A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for C4ISR systems will grow at an annual rate of 4.52 percent over the next six years to $133 billion in value by 2020. Systems integration and interoperability requirements could drive market growth and industry is forecast to see higher demand for synthetic aperture radar, mobile, geospatial, cybersecurity, […] More

Boeing has delivered a new variant of its P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane to India under a contract signed in 2009 for eight P-8I aircraft to support the country’s maritime patrol activities. The company said Tuesday that the P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing specifically designed for the Indian navy and fitted with locally built subsystems. […] More

SkyLink Aviation has purchased an ownership stake in a Pakistan-based air operator that flies cargo out of its central hub at the country’s largest airport. Galaxy Aviation, a category one air operator which calls capital city Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport home, also delivers hazardous materials, energy equipment and other goods to customers inside Pakistan and […] More

The market for electro-optical and infrared systems in the military will be worth $16.35 billion by 2020, according to a new MarketsandMarkets report. The analysis firm said Monday the figure represents a 7.71 percent year-over-year increase and is prompted by growing demand for EO/IR systems in surveillance platforms. Electro-optics are becoming popular in naval close-in weapons systems for threat detection […] More

Lucy Fitch serves as chief communications officer at Science Applications International Corp., where she leads all external and internal communications programs. Before SAIC, she held senior executive positions at BAE Systems such as Senior Vice President corporate communications and acquisitions and strategy SVP. Prior to BAE Systems Fitch was the Director for Business Development and Strategic Planning at Lockheed […] More

Bill Ballhaus as president and CEO of SRA International and has led the company since July 2011. Ballhaus previously led DynCorp International as that company’s president and CEO from May 2008 to August 2010. He also worked at BAE Systems from 2003 to May 2008 and served as president of its network systems division. His other roles at BAE have included president […] More

Visiongain published on Oct. 10 a new report on the $238-billion homeland security market that forecasts renewed growth for prime markets in Europe and North America and a surge in demand from Asia and the Middle East. The market analyst said the industry is poised to go through an expansion as it takes in new […] More

The global ballistic protection systems industry is forecast to increase its market value from nearly $8 billion last year to $11 billion at the end of 2020, according to a new Research and Markets report. Research and Markets said Tuesday the sector is categorized into vehicle armor and personal protective equipment designed to safeguard the […] More

Northrop Grumman has ordered $86.1 million in outer wing panel kits from CPI Aerostructures for Northrop-built Hawkeye and Greyhound aircraft. Northrop will use the kits to build wings for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the C-2A Greyhound planes under a contract the company holds with the U.S. Navy, CPI said Monday. Twenty-five E-2D Hawkeyes are due to the Navy by […] More

Lori Stallard is the vice president of business development for the systems engineering and information solutions group within URS Federal Services. She leads business development professionals who work to assist federal civilian and defense agency clients. Stallard previously served as VP of business development at General Dynamics Information Technology’s homeland security solutions sector after she held business development […] More

Chris Wolf serves as the vice president of contracts and procurement for the Louis Berger Group. The 30-year contracts veteran has experience in both federal and commercial markets with technology and professional services firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte and BAE Systems. Wolf served as deputy assistant director at the FBI after 9/11 and was responsible for overseeing the completion of theTrilogy TNC/IPC program, which the […] More

With the recent partnership of SkyLink Aviation and Baer Air, the SkyLink leadership team paid a visit to the Melbourne, Florida-based aircraft charter company to not only identify mutual opportunities, but to also watch the second annual Melbourne Air & Space Show, which was attended by 250,000 spectators in early October. The main attraction of […] More