BAE Systems has secured some of the most lucrative government contracts in the United States government. These awards have helped establish BAE as the leading defense contractor. Here’s a look at the top BAE Systems government contracts! What is the BAE Sytems Company? BAE Systems is one of the top international government contractors. The company […] More

BAE Systems has secured a $38 million contract to continue supplying missile guidance systems to Lockheed Martin for the latter’s precision-guided anti-ship weapon system employed by the U.S. Air Force and Navy as well as international allies. Additional BAE-developed radio frequency sensors will be delivered to Lockheed for use in the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile program, the aerospace […] More

Charles Beames, a more than three-decade aerospace industry veteran, has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors at space cybersecurity company SpiderOak. He will bring to the role his aerospace and business leadership experience and expertise as the company counters cyberthreats to the space economy, SpiderOak said Tuesday. Beames comes to […] More

Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of Defense Systems for Northrop Grumman as well as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss the impact of the company’s recent $1.4 billion contract award to produce the Army’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS). In addition, […] More

A business accelerator as part of the U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWERX initiative has chosen from its 2021 cohort six winning pitches that are aimed at supporting U.S. efforts in space. Three startups and three university teams won a combined $100,000 in prize money to speed up their efforts in securing potential opportunities for space technology […] More

Data from Space Capital shows that private investment deals within the space industry have amounted to $10.3 billion for the first three quarters of 2021, surpassing the $9.8 billion for all of last year, CNBC reported Thursday. The New York-based venture capital firm estimates that investors injected $3.9 billion into businesses that develop satellites, launch […] More

Palantir USG has secured a $48.5 million contract modification to continue providing the U.S. Space Force with software licenses and cloud hosting for data-as-a-service platform offered by the company. The award also covers associated support and training services for each DaaS platform, the Department of Defense said Monday. Work under the modification will take place […] More

A radiation-hardened system on chip designed by BAE Systems and manufactured by GlobalFoundries is slated to enter fabrication and is intended to serve as the core of single board computers for space agencies and spacecraft manufacturers. The RAD510 SoC currently being integrated into SBCs will seek to provide twice the performance capacity of the standard […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 9, 2021 — CAES has named Mike Elias, who worked at Honeywell International for over three decades, as senior vice president and general manager of space systems division, responsible for overseeing the company’s portfolio of space products and its division operations in Colorado, New York and Sweden, GovCon Wire reported July […] More

Collins Aerospace‘s simulation and training solutions unit has received a $64.88 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center to provide training equipment for piloting and maintaining an airborne early warning aircraft. The contractor will deliver one E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems IV weapons systems trainer, technical refreshes and updates to readiness […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), as an inductee of the Wash100 Award for the first time. Tournear has become a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for his leadership and commitment to satellite tech as well as maintaining the U.S.’s advantage over the space domain. 

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Systems and Technology Research has won an $8.3M contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency study, develop and trial a testing environment in support of a program that aims to ensure effectiveness of airspace operations in future battlespace. The sought environment will serve as a testbed for airspace management systems, airspace planning algorithms and a network of aircraft-tracking sensors under DARPA's Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution program, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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