General Electric secured a potential five-year, $61.2M contract to repair, modify or replace assets supporting the U.S. Navy’s weapons management systems.
Read More »Three Firms Awarded DARPA Contracts to Help Improve ‘Air-Gapping’ Systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded General Electric, Galois and Northrop Grumman separate contracts to explore new strategies to protect “high risk” data flowing between the Department of Defense’s classified and unclassified information technology systems, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Read More »Colleen Repplier Named to Triumph Group Board of Directors
Colleen Repplier, a former manager at General Electric, has joined Triumph Group’s board of directors to serve as an independent director.
Read More »Mario Coracides Appointed Vectrus Enterprise Operations SVP; Chuck Prow Quoted
Vectrus announced on Thursday that Mario Coracides has been appointed senior vice president of enterprise vectrus operations. Coracides will provide leadership for a primary dimension of the business, which includes business advisory and program initiatives.
Read More »Garrett Miller Named Verra Mobility EVP for Government Solutions
Garrett Miller, former chief digital officer of energy management system vendor Current, has been appointed executive vice president of government solutions at transportation technology provider Verra Mobility.
Read More »GE Lands $80M Contract to Support USAF, Egyptian Fighter Aircraft Engines
General Electric’s aviation business has received a potential five-year, $79.7M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide aircraft engine support services to the U.S. Air Force and its Egyptian counterpart.
Read More »General Dynamics, GE Partner to Incorporate 3D Printing Into Combat Vehicle Parts Production
General Dynamics is working with General Electric’s additive print services business to integrate a 3D printing system into the production of metal components for combat vehicle platforms. GE said Wednesday it will help General Dynamics' land systems segment to qualify, produce and conduct post processing and inspection of 3D-printed vehicle parts under the partnership agreement. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Read More »Boeing Eyes Testing of GE-Built Engine on Chinook Helicopters
Boeing plans to test this year two General Electric-built T408 engines for its CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Rotor & Wing International reported Monday. Boeing and GE plan to evaluate the engine’s increased payload and other capabilities through a cooperative research and development agreement that started in 2016.
Read More »GE Healthcare, VA Seek to Address Veterans’ Medical Needs Through 3D Printing Tech
General Electric’s health care business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a research agreement to accelerate the use of 3D printing technology to help meet the medical needs of military personnel and retirees, 3DPrint reported Thursday.
Read More »Lockheed Transitions F-35 Suppliers to Long-Term Repair, Logistics Contracts; Greg Ulmer Quoted
Lockheed Martin has awarded master repair agreements and performance-based logistics contracts to multiple suppliers supporting the Bethesda, Md.-based company's F-35 aircraft development efforts.
Read More »Northrop CEO Kathy Warden Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Leading Enterprise Services, Operating Sectors and Securing Major Contracts
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading Northrop’s enterprise services and four operating sectors and securing several major contracts for the company.
Read More »GE Aviation Lands $87M Navy Contract to Repair Aircraft Generator Parts
General Electric's aviation business has secured a potential five-year, $87.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to repair 33 G2 and G3 generator converter components aboard F/A-18 fighter aircraft. Contract work will run through February 2022 and may extend to two more years if the service exercises the additional option, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Read More »Air Force Selects GE-Led Team to Develop Manned-Unmanned Teaming Tech
An industry team led by General Electric's aviation business has received two-year contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to prototype architectures intended to facilitate manned-unmanned teaming activities.
Read More »Ron Hutter, Mike Sousa on General Electric’s Proposed Engine for Army Helicopters
Ron Hutter and Mike Sousa of General Electric told Defense News in an interview published Thursday about the company’s proposed technology for the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program. ITEP seeks to build a new engine for integration with the service branch’s existing helicopters and aircraft under the Future Vertical …
Read More »Leonardo DRS Hands Over 100th Naval Destroyer Gas Turbine Platform to GE
Leonardo DRS has manufactured and delivered to General Electric a gas turbine package built for an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy. The GE-designed LM2500 platform is intended for installation on the USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), Leonardo DRS said Monday. Jamie McMullin, senior director of naval power systems group at …
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