South Korea's selection of Boeing's F-15 fighter came not a moment too soon, Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems President and CEO Jerry Daniels said today.
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South Korea's selection of Boeing's F-15 fighter came not a moment too soon, Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems President and CEO Jerry Daniels said today.
Sales of military aerospace products during the first quarter of 2002 served as a cushion against decreased sales of commercial aircraft in the wake of last September's terrorist attacks and the ensuing war in Afghanistan, senior Boeing officials said yesterday.
Boeing has awarded Raytheon a $116 million contract to continue upgrading the fire control radars on the Air Force's fleet of F-15 fighter aircraft, Raytheon announced today.
Textron has renegotiated its H-1 helicopter remanufacture program contract with the Marine Corps, the company's chief executive officer announced today.
TRW's board of directors has rejected Northrop Grumman's increased $53-per-share offer, reiterating its position that the takeover bid is inadequate and calling on TRW shareholders to reject it at the company's annual shareholder meeting next week, TRW's chief executive officer told financial analysts this morning.
Rockwell Collins' chief executive officer today suggested to financial analysts that the company would continue to look for acquisitions.
Northrop Grumman announced yesterday it is upping its offer for TRW to encourage the company to allow Northrop to view its accounting ledgers.
The Pentagon announced today that Lt. Gen. Leon LaPorte, deputy commanding general and chief of staff of Army Forces Command, has been nominated for a third star and the position of commander-in-chief of U.S. forces in Korea.
The Air Force has awarded Titan Systems Corp. an information technology services contract worth up to $103 million, the company announced today.
The Missile Defense Agency has agreed to increase the amount of research and development money it makes available for small businesses, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Kit Bond (R-MO) announced yesterday.
Northrop Grumman this week began talking with European antitrust officials about its proposal to acquire TRW, according to a company spokesman.
One of the members of Lockheed Martin's board of directors is under fire this week for his membership on the board of bankrupt energy company Enron, with a labor union and an influential shareholder research firm both calling for his ouster from Lockheed's board.
Pentagon Comptroller Dov Zakheim today released details of the Defense Department's new financial management program, aimed at streamlining the way DOD tracks the money it spends.
A new Pentagon report projects fiscal year 2003 reserve component equipment shortages at more than $5 billion more than last year.
While the Pentagon's net savings from previous rounds of military base realignments and closures are "substantial," its estimates of those savings are imprecise, according to a newly released General Accounting Office report.
BALTIMORE, MD -- Industry and government have a long way to go before becoming more secure against cyber-threats, the Air Force's former assistant chief of staff for intelligence said yesterday.
The Air Force said today that pilot error caused the crash of an HH-60G rescue helicopter last October near Patrick Air Force Base, FL.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has received a $200 million contract to continue manufacturing components for Japan's F-2 fighter aircraft, the company announced today.
Boeing announced today that Roger Krone, the company's vice president and general manager of Army programs for its Military Aircraft and Missile Systems business unit, has been promoted to vice president of strategic projects at Boeing's world headquarters in Chicago.
Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems will dominate the worldwide airborne infrared countermeasures market by 2007, a new industry analysis states.