Timothy Herrick, vice president of global product programs at General Motors, has been appointed to serve as president of GM Defense on an interim basis. He will lead the military vehicle manufacturing business until the company finds a permanent replacement for David Albritton, who exited GM Defense to join Amazon Web Services as VP of global communications for public sector and vertical industries.

Ricardo Defense has received a subcontract of an undisclosed sum from General Motors’ defense segment to support deployment and product logistics requirements for infantry squad vehicles.

General Motors' defense business plans to leverage the parent company’s commercial research-and-development efforts to support its work in defense and aerospace areas, National Defense reported Thursday.

General Motors’ vision for its defense segment is to “reimagine” ways of turning its commercial vehicles and other technology products into platforms that could be offered to the U.S. military and allied forces, Defense One reported Thursday.

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.

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. 

Arena Solutions has collaborated introduced a technology platform for electronic defense suppliers to manage the life cycle and quality of products through Amazon Web Services' government-focused cloud environment.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2019 — Pragmatics hired Thomas Payne, formerly senior director of operations at the U.S. arm of BAE Systems, to serve as vice president for the former’s defense and intelligence solutions business, GovCon Wire reported March 11. The company said Payne will take the VP role …

Autonomous technology developer ThayerMahan has partnered with WingmanAI to develop artificial intelligence platforms for potential use in maritime and defense operations.

SeKON has received a one-year, $32.6M task order modification to provide information technology support services to a Defense Health Agency program executive office focused on managing  electronic health records for U.S. service members, veterans and their families.

Some executives at Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Textron have said the U.S. military’s ongoing efforts to modernize warfighter readiness have increased opportunities for industry to offer virtual and augmented reality training systems, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Corey Hendricks, chief engineer of global training solutions at Raytheon, noted the company integrated VR and …

Lockheed Martin has secured a $28.6 million delivery order to provide overhaul services for the defense management system of the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 Spirit bomber fleet. Work under the firm-fixed price order will take place at the company’s facility in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be finished by July 9, 2020, …

Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a contract of an undisclosed value to provide analytical support services for the U.S. military’s joint training events and exercises in Europe. Cubic Global Defense will continue to support the U.S. European Command’s Joint Exercise Program and Title X exercises through the contract, the company …

Airbus‘ defense and space segment has secured a contract from Turkey-based communications satellite operator Turksat to build two new satellites slated for geostationary orbit. Turksat 5A and Turksat 5B will be based on the electric orbit raising variant of the Airbus Eurostar E3000 satellite model powered by electric propulsion technology, Airbus said Thursday. The …

“I grew up as a kid watching the Apollo missions to the moon–what a great motivator to move into a career in engineering.” Space 2.0. The “new space.” What is really at stake for our place in space for 2018? With massive innovations in integrated technologies and satellite components, the …