Welcome to today's Defense Business Briefing, your weekly roundup of the latest defense industry news.

BAE executives say they don't anticipate major workforce cuts to new acquisitions

BAE Systems executives told Inside Defense last week they expect to integrate their two newly announced acquisitions as "relatively intact businesses" and aren't expecting to make significant employee reductions.

Hayes pinpoints early April for Raytheon-United Technologies deal

The chief executive of United Technologies hopes to close the merger between Raytheon and United Technologies in early April, at the same time as UTC spins off its Otis and Carrier businesses.

Judge dismisses Navistar Defense case over FMTV

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has dismissed Navistar Defense's complaint in which the company accused the Army of violating the "automatic stay" requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act in procuring vehicles as part of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program.

Amazon asks court to block DOD from work on JEDI cloud

Amazon is asking a federal judge to stop the Defense Department and Microsoft from doing any further work under the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud services contract.

Lockheed adds Dunford to board

Lockheed Martin said today its board of directors has elected retired Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to its board, effective Feb. 10.

Govini names Dougherty CEO

Govini said it has named Tara Murphy Dougherty chief executive.

AeroVironment names new CFO

AeroVironment said it has named Kevin McDonnell chief financial officer, effective Feb. 10.

CAE names Probert president of defense and security group

CAE said it has named former Raytheon executive Todd Probert group president for defense and security, effective Jan. 27.

CACI hires Edwards

CACI International said it has named Marlin Edwards senior vice president for business development.

The week ahead

Senior Pentagon officials are slated to speak at a host of events around the Washington area this week, while several large defense companies will hold quarterly earnings calls.

Pentagon due next month to produce cybersecurity framework for defense industrial base

The Defense Department is required at the beginning of next month to produce a framework for improved cybersecurity of the nation's defense industrial base, including regulations and metrics for measuring the security of contractors with implications for software development and cloud computing.

Pentagon releases new guidelines to accelerate acquisition

The Pentagon has released its new Adaptive Acquisition Framework, which defense officials say will dramatically accelerate a notoriously slow and cumbersome system.

Esper calls on Congress to back DOD plans to divest legacy weapons

Defense Secretary Mark Esper called on Congress to take a "leap" and support the Pentagon's plans to divest legacy weapon systems so new investments can be made in emerging technologies.