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  • Galois' Software Engineering Spinoff to Target DoD Market; John Launchbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois’ Software Engineering Spinoff to Target DoD Market; John Launchbury Comments

    Galois has formed a new software re-engineering company in a push to help Defense Department customers reconfigure complex and large embedded systems. The Tangram Flex spinoff aims to use “smart” tools in efforts to update cyber-physical platforms and other subsystems that support DoD missions. Galois said Thursday. “Despite all the advancements in technology to date, it often takes years […] More

  • SRI Int'l Unveils Subsidiary for Training, T&E Services; John Prausa Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l Unveils Subsidiary for Training, T&E Services; John Prausa Comments

    SRI International has created a new subsidiary that seeks to deliver training, performance assessment, test and evaluation as well as policy analysis services to commercial, government and military organizations. The company said Monday Ravenswood Solutions is a spinoff of its instrumentation and simulation business. Dan Donoghue currently leads the new company as president and CEO. SRI Chief Operating […] More

  • Gregory Hayes: UTC Sikorsky Spinoff Part of Board's Strategic Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gregory Hayes: UTC Sikorsky Spinoff Part of Board’s Strategic Review

    United Technologies Corp. CEO Gregory Hayes has said the possible spinoff of UTC’s Sikorsky Aircraft unit aims to strategically position the standalone helicopter company and the commercial aerospace and buildings business, he told CNBC in an interview aired Thursday. Tom DiChristopher writes UTC’s board of directors authorized a review of options for Sikorsky earlier this week, including the potential tax-free […] More

  • PwC Report Details Increased Aerospace, Defense M&A Activity in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC Report Details Increased Aerospace, Defense M&A Activity in 2014

    A new PwC report on the mergers and acquisitions in aerospace-and-defense industry says deal activities increased in 2014 compared to 2013 and the number of transactions worth at least $1 billion doubled from the prior year. The firm’s Mission Control report, authored by PwC Global A&D Leader Guillaume Rochard and U.S. A&D Leader Chuck Marx, says the total deal value reached $22.3 billion in 2014, up from the $14.3 […] More