Exostar and Ivis Technologies have partnered to distribute cloud-based risk management products across the global aerospace and defense industry.

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HII’s Mission Technologies unit has secured a five-year, $21 million recompete contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency simplify the process of delivering products and materials to American warfighters. The company said Monday it will research and develop strategies to improve the defense system logistics services, supply chains, materials and products that the DLA manages to maximize […] More

Gryphon Technologies has secured a $25.5 million contract to offer support services for the expeditionary systems unit of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City division. The company said Monday that it will evaluate, test and fabricate prototypes of NSWC PCD’s landing craft air cushion and naval assault craft units. Gryphon will also perform special studies and […] More

IBM has agreed to buy SoftLayer Technologies for an undisclosed amount in a move aimed to bolster its cloud computing portfolio and help customers migrate to virtualized environments. IBM expects to close the deal in the third quarter of its 2013 fiscal year and integrate SoftLayer into its SmartCloud business, IBM said Tuesday. Erich Clementi, […] More

College grads with degrees in sales, engineering and field service may want to look at Siemens. The electrical engineering company“™s USA division has more than 400 vacant positions in its building technologies division across the nation. The division works with cities across the country to reduce energy costs and save money by lowering each city’s […] More

Photo of Jennifer Krischer at LinkedIn Jennifer Krischer is the Vice President and General Manager of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Programs at Maxar Technologies. Krischer has accumulated years of experience focusing on geospatial intelligence and national security solutions. Learn more about Jennifer Krischer and her journey to becoming Maxar’s Vice President and General Manager […] More

Veritas Capital has completed its purchase of CAES Space Systems and changed the name of the acquired business to Frontgrade Technologies to reflect its objectives of creating technology platforms that support national security and addressing engineering challenges facing clients. Mike Elias, formerly senior vice president and general manager for the space division at CAES, will […] More

Chris Kastner, president and CEO of HII, said the mission technologies business accounts for approximately 25 percent of the company’s sales and will “outpace shipbuilding from a growth perspective,” Defense News reported Monday. The Newport News, Virginia-based contractor’s Technical Solutions division became HII Mission Technologies in late March, operating with six business groups: command, control, […] More

TTM Technologies has secured a potential $500 million deal with Raytheon Technologies to manufacture electronics and specialized assemblies for a shipboard radar system being developed for the U.S. Navy. The multiyear agreement covers the supply of radio frequency electronic assemblies, electronic hardware and printed circuit boards needed to build the Navy’s SPY-6 family of radars, […] More

The State Department has tapped Tyler Technologies to continue utilizing its case management development platform to support the Diplomatic Security Service under a five-year, $54 million agreement. The software and technology services provider company said Tuesday the agency will use the low-code application development platform– the only one designed for public sector case management purposes– to […] More

HII‘s Mission Technologies unit will spearhead research, testing and assessments on electronic warfare and electromagnetic spectrum capabilities for the U.S. Air Force under a five-year, $76.7 million task order. The company said Wednesday its business will work with DCS, Modern Technology Solutions, On-Line Applications Research and Southwest Research Institute and Vanderbilt University for the research […] More

Ed Dolanski, former president of Boeing‘s U.S. government services business, has been added to the board of directors at San Jose, California-headquartered endpoint security company Lynx Software Technologies. Dolanski previously held various leadership roles during his more than 10-year tenure at Boeing including as president of the global services and support business unit within the […] More