The research business arm of General Electric has received a two-year, $14.3M contract to help Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a fuel-powered device for potable water production.

Ken Asbury, former president and CEO of CACI International and a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named to the board of directors at Houston-based seismic data provider Geospace Technologies, effective Dec. 1.

James McFadyen, formerly a vice president at Leonardo DRS' naval power systems group, has been named VP and general manager of the aftermarket business at Fairbanks Morse.

Stephen Griffin, formerly chief financial officer of the engine services division at General Electric's aviation subsidiary, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Alexandria, Virginia-based aftermarket services provider VSE Corp.

General Electric's aviation business has reported design, development and demonstration milestones for its aircraft engines over the past year in line with the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program.

AirMap has received a $1M contract to provide the U.S. Air Force an unmanned traffic management platform for use in the branch's flight test of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

General Electric's aviation subsidiary has produced and delivered an initial batch of engines for installation on the F-15EX fighter aircraft Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force.

Ameresco has received a $38M contract with Duke Energy to update building systems at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina as part of a $41M infrastructure modernization project to help the service branch conserve energy at the installation.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 28, 2020 “” Siemens Government Technologies appointed Michael House, former vice president of AECOM's (NYSE: ACM) Americas energy consulting services business, as VP of business development at the conglomerate's U.S. federal arm, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 13.

The Department of Defense has allocated a total of $17.4M to help four companies expand domestic COVID-19 diagnostic testing and retain workforce capacities at the defense industrial base.

BAE Systems will modernize the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) under a potential $211.6 million contract, the company announced Wednesday.

The Air Force closed on Wednesday the window for Pratt & Whitney, General Electric's aviation business and Rolls-Royce to submit their proposals for a program to replace the engines of its fleet of 76 Boeing-built B-52 Stratofortress bombers, Breaking Defense reported.

An Akima subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $7M task order to provide technical support services to a power marketing administration under the Department of Energy.

Honeywell has started testing and collecting data on its sensor technology designed to support its urban air mobility platforms ahead of demonstration activities over the next year.

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has appointed Kevin McAllister, former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, as a senior operating partner, effective immediately, AEI reported on Thursday.