Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 09/18/2015

Raytheon Awarded $100M Miniature Air Launched Decoy Production Support Contract

Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) missile systems business has received a potential five-year, $100 million contract to support the production of Miniature Air Launched Decoy systems for the U.S. Air Force…

Navy Rear Adm. Raquel Bono Nominated as DHA Director

Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency‘s National Capital Region Medical Directorate and chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to lead DHA…

Michael Froelich, Dennis Lauer Join Pragmatics Leadership Team; Joe Brock Comments

Pragmatics has appointed Michael Froelich as vice president and deputy general manager of its federal civilian division and Dennis Lauer as VP and deputy chief operating officer. The company said Thursday that Froelich, formerly a director and business unit lead at Acumen Solutions, will provide IT service delivery oversight and management support for Pragmatics’ federal civilian clients…

Defense News: Raytheon in Talks to Join Air Force’s Trainer Replacement Competition

Raytheon wants to join Alenia Aermacchi and CAE in a bid for a contract to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s T-38 aircrew training systems, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes Raytheon and the Air Force have discussed about the company’s interest in pursuing the T-X trainer replacement program after General Dynamics left the Alenia partnership as a prime contractor…

MBDA Gets $462M Contract to Update UK Air-to-Air Missile

MBDA will develop a new variant of the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile for the U.K. military under an eight-year, $462.2 million contract. The variant will feature an update of the current ASRAAM’s subsystems in efforts to drive down costs and support future modifications, the British defense ministry said Wednesday…

Selex to Supply Lasers for Lockheed’s F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System

Selex ES, a Finmecannica subsidiary, has been selected to supply lasers to Lockheed Martin for integration with the electro-optical targeting system onboard F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Selex said Tuesday the lasers will work to help F-35 pilots carry out targeting and precision ranging functions…