Airbus Defence and Space said today it has named Fernando Alonso head of its military aircraft business, beginning March 1, and will restructure its A400M program.
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Marjorie Censer was Inside Defense's editor until July 2021. 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.
Airbus Defence and Space said today it has named Fernando Alonso head of its military aircraft business, beginning March 1, and will restructure its A400M program.
Mark Sopp will retire later this year after serving as chief financial officer for Leidos and Science Applications International Corp. for a decade, the company said Wednesday.
The federal Office of Special Counsel has proposed allowing government contractors -- rather than just government employees -- to file whistleblower disclosures with the office, marking the latest acknowledgment of the increased presence of contractors within federal facilities.
Defense contractors from General Dynamics to Booz Allen Hamilton to Boeing reported boosts in quarterly sales and profit Wednesday.
A dearth of international sales of tactical wheeled vehicles put a dent in Oshkosh Corp.'s earnings during the past quarter, the company said this week.
Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, said Tuesday that profit in its most recent quarter hit $904 million, up about 85 percent from the same three-month period a year ago.
Orbital Sciences' and ATK's stockholders voted separately today to approve the proposed merger of Orbital with ATK's aerospace and defense groups, the companies announced today.
Raytheon announced today it has acquired Sensintel, a Tucson, AZ-based company that specializes in unmanned aircraft systems technology for intelligence and special operations agencies.
Laurence Burger, former director of the Army's Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center, has been named technical director of Huntsville operations at Decisive Analytics, the company said today.
Rockwell Collins reported an increase in sales and profit in its most recent quarter, driven by its commercial systems and information management services businesses.
The government's acquisition workforce is at risk of missing out on an opportunity to change its culture and practices to bolster innovation, according to a new survey conducted by the Professional Services Council industry group.
Huntington Ingalls said today it has created a new company called Stoller Newport News Nuclear, which will focus on nuclear operations and environmental services.
The U.S. government has made significant progress in updating export controls, according to Wes Bush, the chief executive of Northrop Grumman.
With a new acquisition under its belt, defense contractor NCI is pursuing future purchases as it seeks to grow to $500 million in revenue by 2017.
Jeff Yorsz, who previously worked for Northrop Grumman, has been named president of QinetiQ North America, the company announced today.
Former Pentagon official Brett Lambert is to become vice president for corporate strategy at Northrop Grumman beginning Jan. 26, the company said today.
PAE, the company divested by Lockheed in 2011, is bulking up, announcing Friday that it has bought the 1,900-employee global security and solutions business of U.S. Investigations Services.
United Technologies will eliminate its propulsion and aerospace systems unit following the departure of the organization's chief executive at the end of the month, the company said Thursday.
With the Pentagon set to award a massive health IT contract and more work expected across the federal government, government contractors and technology companies alike are increasingly ramping up their focus on the field.
The executives who presided over two of the government services industry's biggest deals last year say they expect contractors to continue reshaping and consolidating.