Defense News

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Raytheon missile deal nets $12M
Raytheon Co. reports it has landed $11.9 million from the U.S. Army for Patriot missile components. Under the deal, Raytheon’s Tewksbury-based Integrated Defense Systems unit will provide materials and technical services to the Army’s Aviation and Missile Command in Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
Reveal Imaging lands $5.3M explosives detection deal
Bedford-based airport security equipment maker Reveal Imaging Technologies Inc. has signed a $5.3 million deal with Israel Airports Authority to provide Reveal Explosives Detection Systems at several airport locations.
2010 Women to Watch: MIT's Dava Newman outfits astronauts with upgraded spacesuits
Dava Newman, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work on a next generation of spacesuit for astronauts is intended to give astronauts increased mobility.
How I See It: U.S. contracts can help turn around a sagging Mass. economy
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Joseph Donovan: Either as a funding source for basic research or as a steady revenue stream, the defense sector impacts a significant portion of the Massachusetts economy.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Raytheon's Sanchez joins Mass. STEM Advisory Council
Raytheon Co. reports one of its engineers, Alex Sanchez, a senior principal systems engineer at Raytheon IDS, has been appointed to the Massachusetts Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Advisory Council.

Friday, March 12, 2010

GE Aircraft Engines take in $326M deal
General Electric Aircraft Engines, based in Lynn, has landed a $326.1 million deal from the U.S. Navy to provide 80 F414-GE-400 engines and two spare engines.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Raytheon slides Yuse into Space and Airborne Systems president role
Raytheon Co. reports it has named Richard Yuse president of its Space and Airborne Systems unit, replacing Jon Jones, who died last week. The company also promoted John Harris to president of Raytheon Technical Services and David Wilkins to vice president of Raytheon Contracts and Supply Chain.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Raytheon exec Jon Jones dies at 55
Defense contractor Raytheon Co. said Jon C. Jones, the president of its space and airborne systems division, died this past weekend of an apparent heart attack. He was 55.

Monday, March 8, 2010

KaZaK, Boeing join on miniature weapons work
Engineering and design firm KaZaK Composites Inc. reports it is working as a subcontractor for Boeing Co. on an unmanned aerial vehicle project.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Insight Technology sees $34M deal with night vision goggles
Insight Technology Inc. has landed $34.1 million from the U.S. Navy to develop thermal imaging and “image intensification” technology for night vision goggles.
Odyssey takes in $48M Navy tactical data deal
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group has brought in $47.8 million from the U.S. Navy for engineering on tactical data link systems.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Raytheon names Kiczuk as CTO
Raytheon Co. reports it has promoted William Kiczuk to chief technology officer, where he will be responsible for developing and executing the company’s technology and research strategy.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Raytheon racks up $886M deal for better GPS tech
Raytheon Co. reports it has landed $886 million from the U.S. Air Force to develop technology to improve the accuracy of GPS satellite information.

Friday, February 19, 2010

L3 acquires N.H. electro-optical firm Insight
Defense and security technology firm L-3 Communications Inc. said Friday it would acquire Insight Technology Inc., a New Hampshire-based maker of night vision goggles and other electro-optical equipment.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Flying car maker Terrafugia weighs Ohio move
Woburn-based Terrafugia Inc. will decide in the next six to eight weeks whether to accept an offer of $4.4 million to move into a facility in Dayton, Ohio, according to its CEO, Carl Dietrich.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Sikorsky launches new vertical flight unit
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has launched an R&D unit called Sikorsky Innovations to develop technology related to vertical flight. The group plans to collaborate with government technology agencies, academic institutions, other UTC units and companies.

Monday, February 1, 2010

DARPA awards $32M for Boston Dynamics robot
Boston Dynamics Inc. reports it has landed $32 million from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a Big Dog-like robot to carry supplies for U.S. Marines.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

NASA awards $1.5M in ecology grants to UNH space center
The University of New Hampshire Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space was awarded two three-year projects totaling $1.5 million, one of 12 institutions selected by NASA to study the Earth’s carbon cycle and ecosystems using space-based observations.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Navy directs $118M to General Dynamics submarines
General Dynamics Corp.’s Electric Boat unit has landed $118 million from the U.S. Navy for engineering services on ballistic nuclear missile-equipped submarines.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Optics 1 gets $38M deal for night-vision goggles
Optics 1 Inc. has brought in $37.8 million from the U.S. Navy for its Clip-on Thermal Imager systems to be used on night-vision goggles.