A Cubic business segment has demonstrated new training features on an F-18 fighter jet for Canada’s air force at the annual Maple Resolve air-ground training exercise. The company said Wednesday Cubic Global Defense has integrated its Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation with the Canadian Weapon Effect Simulation system on the F-18 aircraft that conducted simulated attacks and processed real-time kill notification weapon effects. Joint […] More

Cubic‘s global defense business unit has received a $41.6 million contract to provide mission support services to the U.S. Army‘s training hub for light infantry and special operations units. The Defense Department said Tuesday work will occur at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana, through Oct. 23, 2017. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $36.4 million […] More

Robert Kalebaugh, former vice president of business development at Cubic‘s defense segment, has joined computing hardware provider One Stop Systems as VP of sales. Kalebaugh has built professional relationships with prime contractors, expanded portfolios and managed sales and marketing efforts throughout his three-decade aerospace and defense industry experience, OSS said Thursday. His appointment comes after […] More

Michael Knowles, former president and general manager of Cubic‘s mission and performance solutions division, will assume the president and CEO roles at computer storage device manufacturing company One Stop Systems on June 5. OSS said Monday Knowles will take over David Raun, who is set to step down on the same day. Knowles will bring […] More

Frank Muth and John Roberti, former military officers who are now private sector executives, have been named independent members of the National Defense University Foundation's board of directors. Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of defense company Govini and a former Department of Defense staffer, also joined the board with Muth and Roberti, NDU Foundation said Tuesday.

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Cubic Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Veritas Capital, under which Veritas and Evergreen Coast Capital, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, will acquire Cubic for $70.00 per share in cash. The all-cash transaction is worth approximately $2.8 billion, including the assumption of debt.

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Cubic combined into a single business structure its mission solutions and global defense segments in August and Mike Knowles, president of the newly formed Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions segment, said he expects the consolidated defense business to improve operational efficiency and offer more integrated platforms to customers, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

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Cubic Corp. will consolidate its defense business segments, effective immediately, to advance the company’s strategic priorities, drive customer value and enhance operational effectiveness, Cubic reported on Friday. The new segment will be led by Michael Knowles, senior vice president of Cubic Corporation and president of Cubic Global Defense (CGD) since 2018. 

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Valiant Global Defense Services has secured a three-year, $60M contract modification to continue mission support services at Fort Polk.

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Executive Mosaic is honored to present Mike Tywman, senior vice president and president of Cubic Mission Solutions, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for driving growth for the company, acquiring Nuvotronics and pushing Cubic’s technical services to help the Defense Information Systems Agency. 

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Cubic’s global defense business has received recognition for work on a virtual training platform during an event that took place last Thursday.

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Mike Knowles, head of Cubic’s global defense business, said the company aims to secure a contract from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy in 2020 to integrate its training platform with the F-35 fighter aircraft, Defense News reported Wednesday.

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