Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Marjorie Censer is Inside Defense's editor. She previously worked at the Washington Post and its local business publication Capital Business, covering defense industry reshaping, the increased scrutiny of contractors following the Edward Snowden case and the challenges of canceling military programs. From 2007 to 2010, she was managing editor of Inside the Army. She also previously worked as defense editor at POLITICO and as a staff writer at the Carroll County Times and the Princeton Packet. A Fairfax native, she graduated from Princeton University.
Though Science Applications International Corp. has changed its platform strategy, the company's pursuit of recent vehicle programs, from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle to Mobile Protected Firepower, disrupted the market, according to SAIC's chief executive.
Textron's Bell unveiled its Invictus 360 offering for the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program at the Association of the U.S. Army conference this week, and the response was "very positive," according to Textron's chief executive.
In a new advisory opinion, the Government Accountability Office said it has no basis to object to the Army's actions in the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, better known as LOGCAP V.
Despite not winning spots on two Army programs, AeroVironment continues to watch the initiatives, according to the company's chief executive.
AECOM said this week it has agreed to sell its management services business for $2.4 billion to affiliates of private-equity firms American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg.
Mercury Systems said today it will invest $15 million to expand its microelectronics packaging business.
Boeing announced Friday that its board of directors has separated the roles of chairman and chief executive and named David Calhoun, currently a director, chairman.
Raytheon and United Technologies said their shareholders at respective meetings held today approved the proposals necessary to complete their merger.
LocatorX, which specializes in tracking technology, said today it has named four new members to its advisory board.
Maxar Technologies said this week it will open a new facility in St. Louis, MO, to handle growth in its National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency programs.
Dedrone said today it has acquired DroneDefender from Battelle and launched a new consultancy called Dedrone Defense.
Nearly a year after Parsons combined its federal and infrastructure businesses, the contractor's chief operating officer says the move has benefited both units.
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest has the latest on Pentagon acquisition reform efforts, the Army’s new manufacturing policy and Turkey’s suspension from the F-35 program, among other news.
Lockheed Martin said today it has named Timothy Cahill senior vice president of Lockheed Martin International, effective Oct. 14.
BAE Systems' U.S. business said today it has appointed former Army Under Secretary Patrick Murphy to its board of directors.
British company QinetiQ said today it has agreed to acquire Manufacturing Technologies, dubbed MTEQ, in a deal that would more than double its U.S. business.
VT Group said this week it has acquired DELTA Resources, a 350-employee company specializing in naval systems engineering and technical services for the Navy.
BWX Technologies said today it has begun reopening its TRISO nuclear fuel production line and will soon expand its capacity to meet "client interests in Department of Defense microreactors, space reactors and civil advanced reactors."
FLIR Systems said today it has acquired the intellectual property and certain assets of Aria Insights, previously known as CyPhy Works.
CAE said this week Gene Colabatistto, president of the company's defense and security group, will retire at the end of the year.