Boeing said Thursday Jim Chilton will become president of its network and space systems businesses, starting Oct. 21. He will succeed Craig Cooning, who is retiring, according to Boeing.
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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.
Boeing said Thursday Jim Chilton will become president of its network and space systems businesses, starting Oct. 21. He will succeed Craig Cooning, who is retiring, according to Boeing.
Dynetics, the Huntsville, AL-based contractor who has recently won awards from U.S. Special Operations Command and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is remaking itself from a services contractor into a products manufacturer that prioritizes cutting-edge research.
Rockwell Collins is set to announce it has signed an agreement with the Defense Contract Management Agency that "establishes an improved process for procurement of commercial items for military application."
The Pentagon is beginning to appreciate the opportunity that the commercialization of space brings -- but changing mindsets and policies will take years, the director for space strategy and plans within the office of the under secretary of defense for policy said Friday.
Since separating from iRobot, the company's former defense business -- now known as Endeavor Robotics -- has been making organizational and policy changes, Endeavor's chief executive told Inside Defense this week.
During this month two years ago, Chuck Hagel, the defense secretary at the time, unveiled the long-term research and development investment strategy being shaped by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.
Boeing said today it has begun the process of "bringing a formal legal challenge of the Danish Ministry of Defence's evaluation regarding the country's next fighter jet."
Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing's chief executive, said today the company's defense business is focusing on "growing market opportunities" in commercial derivatives, rotorcraft and services, among other areas.
Booz Allen Hamilton said today Bill Phelps has been named leader of the company's U.S. commercial business, including work with investment banks, oil and gas companies, retailers and auto manufacturers.
Though much of Lockheed Martin’s services work went to Leidos in a deal completed last month, the contractor retained several key units that have been realigned within Lockheed.
GAO has sustained a protest filed by AT&T Government Solutions against an Air Force contract awarded to MacAulay-Brown.
BWX Technologies has appointed James Jaska, Kenneth Krieg and Barbara Niland to its board of directors.
Lockheed Martin's venture capital fund is preparing to make its first investment since hiring a new leader.
L-3 Communications said this week it has agreed to acquire Micreo Limited, an Australia-based electronic warfare subsystems provider.
Science Applications International Corp. said today sales in its most recent quarter reached $1.1 billion, essentially flat compared to the same three-month period a year earlier.
After announcing last week it will discontinue manufacturing the sensor fuzed weapon, Textron says it expects to end production by next March.
Polaris said this week it has hired John Olson, a former Sierra Nevada executive focused on space systems, to lead its defense business.
The National Defense Industrial Association said Wednesday it has named Alex Frank Zemek vice president of policy.
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's top procurement official, warned during a Wednesday speech the next presidential administration faces a "pretty severe" set of problems, from budget pressure to excess military base capacity.
Pentagon procurement chief Frank Kendall on Wednesday criticized the Senate's fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill as "micromanagement" and said he has "no idea" how the process for the legislation will go, given the upcoming presidential election.