United Technologies Corp. ends investor and media speculation with the announcement of its $30 billion takeover of fellow aerospace supplier Rockwell Collins.
Raytheon hires two-decade federal and commercial market veteran John DeSimone as vice president of cybersecurity and special missions in the defense contractor's intelligence business.
Nonprofit organization Aerospace Corp. takes a one-year, $860.5 million contract extension for continued systems engineering services to the Air Force.
Industry is facing a September that promises to be busier than the usual fiscal year's end. But they also must manage through delays in major procurements.
Leidos wins a potential five-year, $98.4 million contract to help establish and manage panels that advise the government on biomedical research funding applications.
Textron's AAI Corp. subsidiary and General Atomics become the fourth and fifth awardees on a potential eight-year, $499 million Air Force vehicle research contract.
If it closes, a reported United Technologies Corp.-Rockwell Collins combination would bring together the No. 46 and No. 48 companies on the 2017 Washington Technology Top 100 prime contractor list.
LinTech Global bests 18 other bidders to win a potential five-year, $48.4 million contract for IT services to the Defense Department's Office of the Inspector General.
Seattle-based BlackSky will build a new cloud-based data broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a two-year, $16.4 million contract.
The Raytheon-backed Forcepoint venture continues to build on its people-focused strategy in cyber through the acquisition of behavior analytics company RedOwl.
