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A new Deloitte report says the growth in U.S. aerospace and defense exports decreased from 4 percent in 2015 to 1.7 percent in 2016. The “2017 Deloitte U.S. Aerospace and Defense Sector Export and Labor Market Study” found that A&D comprised about 10 percent of total U.S. exports and grew $2.5 billion in 2016, the company said Thursday. […] More

James Reagan, chief financial officer at Leidos, has said he is pleased that the federal government no longer operates under a continuing resolution. He made the statement four days after President Donald Trump signed a $1 trillion omnibus spending package to fund government operations through the end of fiscal 2017 and increase defense spending by $21 billion. “Where […] More

CAE has received a potential five-year $40.9 million contract to provide remotely piloted aircraft training support services for United Arab Emirates’ air force and air defense personnel. The company said Monday its CAE Maritime Middle East subsidiary will act as the principal contractor and help the Middle Eastern country establish a training facility for RPAs. Gene Colabatistto, president […] More

Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has estimated that the company will complete 50 percent of its integration with the information systems and global solutions business acquired from Lockheed Martin by July 1. Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, told analysts during an earnings call Thursday that Leidos plans to “accelerate the backend of integration” as the […] More

Tom Naughton, president of citizen services at Maximus’ federal business, has said government agencies should work to build up citizen engagement through the implementation of new customer service platforms that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning. Naughton wrote in a Washington Technology commentary published Friday that agencies should provide citizens with self-service tools and customer […] More

CNSI‘s government services organization unit has obtained a Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 rating from the CMMI Institute. CUNIX Infotech ran an independent CMMI appraisal to determine whether CNSI’s government services business performs processes at a “defined” level, CNSI said April 28. The rating indicates that an organization’s processes are well-characterized and described in standards, procedures, […] More

Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has said the slow pace of leadership appointments at the Defense Department and other federal agencies has pushed back acquisition decisions and deadlines, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Krone told analysts during the fiscal 2017 first-quarter earnings call that the company has “seen more slowness than we expected in […] More

Unisys has won a potential four-year, $17.6 million task order to continue to help the Internal Revenue Service operate, maintain and update a system the government uses to monitor and verify excise fuel tax filings. The company said Tuesday it will perform maintenance work on IRS’ Excise Files Information Retrieval System code as part of efforts to help the agency ensure that  […] More

Raytheon plans to explore new business opportunities in Romania over the long term apart from missile defense development efforts, ActMedia reported Friday. Thomas Vecchiolla, president of Raytheon International, announced the plan to Mihai Tudose, Romania’s economy minister, at a Thursday meeting between the Romanian government and company representatives in Bucharest. Romania’s economy ministry said in […] More