KBR has completed its acquisition of Centauri from Arlington Capital Partners. KBR’s acquisition of Centauri will advance KBR's strategic transformation, enabling the company to become a leading provider of high-end, mission-critical technical services and solutions. ""Centauri adds an enormous benefit to KBR," said Stuart Bradie, KBR president and CEO. 

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Centauri and Kana Systems have jointly launched a web application for U.S. Air Force leaders to view the status of attached and assigned forces in real time. The Rapid Event Employee Evaluation of Posture Reporting Tool is built to increase military personnel situational awareness amid the coronavirus pandemic, Centauri said Wednesday.

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Centauri has purchased Dayton, Ohio-based defense engineering companies The Design Knowledge Company and PreTalen as part of an investment aimed at expanding customer base in the cyber, intelligence and space markets.

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Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Elena Oberg has been appointed to serve as a senior systems engineer and program manager at technology company Centauri’s office in Dayton, Ohio.

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Centauri has purchased Kord Technologies in a move to expand technology offerings for the defense and intelligence sectors. Dave Dzaran, CEO of Centauri, said the company aims to help government customers address national security threats with the use of technology across the military, intelligence, space, missile and cyber domains.

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Cliff Gornto, senior vice president of Business Development with KBR, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the implementation of recent acquisitions to the company as well as their impact on KBR’s quarterly performance results and overall growth in the federal marketplace. In addition, Gornto discussed the core values that continue to drive KBR in the federal sector and across […] More

Byron Bright, president of Government Solutions with KBR and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s 2021 fiscal year performance and the core values of the company’s culture that have driven success in such a competitive market. In addition, the 2022 Wash100 Award recipient discussed the implementation of recent acquisitions […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded KBR a potential $49.7 million contract to continue the research and development of an alternate position, navigation and timing system intended for environments that deny global positioning systems. The award will also cover the production of the PNT system’s first prototype for commercialization under the third phase of the […] More

KBR’s Kord Technologies subsidiary demonstrated a 50 kilowatt-class laser weapon prototype on a Stryker vehicle as part of the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense program during a combat shoot-off held in July at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Byron Bright, president of KBR’s government solutions business and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said […] More

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has awarded a potential $49.87 million contract to three companies to deploy software services and systems development support to the U.S. Navy and 10 foreign governments. BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integration business, KBR‘s Centauri company and Epsilon Systems Solutions subsidiary KAB Laboratories will provide support services […] More

A KBR subsidiary is continuing integration activities for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Experimental High Energy Laser weapon at the company’s new facility in Huntsville, Alabama ahead of prototype deliveries scheduled for fiscal year 2022.

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NASA and the BoldlyGo Institute have entered into a Space Act Agreement to build and deploy a purpose-built space telescope to determine potentially habitable planets in the Alpha Centauri system. BoldlyGo said Tuesday the public-private collaboration seeks to open up opportunities for NASA personnel and staff members of the Project Blue mission to review mission designs […] More