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The Herald
April 27, 2018
FORT WAYNE — Charges have been filed against five more people in connection to a tuition reimbursement scam in Indiana allegedly involving dozens of former employees of a British defense contractor. Defense giant BAE Systems has operations near Baer Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Authorities sayÃÂ ...
WBFO
April 27, 2018
Defense contractor moves into Larkinville - and is looking to hire. By Mike Desmond • Apr 27, 2018. TweetShareGoogle+Email. Officials cut the ribbon on the new offices. Mike Desmond / WBFO News. A section of one of Buffalo's many old industrial buildings now houses a defense contractor that came here to takeÃÂ ...
WGRZ.com
April 26, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Western New York has a rich history when it comes to aviation, and a company that's new to Buffalo is adding another chapter to that legacy. Defense contractor RED-INC held a ribbon cutting Thursday and showed off their space. The company is headquartered in Maryland, but theÃÂ ...
ABC News
April 26, 2018
Charges have been filed against five more people in connection to a tuition reimbursement scam in Indiana allegedly involving dozens of former employees of a British defense contractor. Defense giant BAE Systems has operations near Baer Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Authorities say the company wasÃÂ ...
Buffalo News
April 26, 2018
The new U.S.S Little Rock already has a strong connection to Buffalo, where the U.S. Navy warship was just commissioned in December alongside its namesake. But that's not its only link to the Queen City. When the new combat ship eventually launches one of its unmanned Fire Scout helicopters for aÃÂ ...
Dayton Daily News
April 25, 2018
The former owner of a now-dissolved Beavercreek defense firm was sentenced this morning to three years' probation and a $100,000 fine for her role in fraudulently getting contracts with NASA and the Air Force using a set-aside meant for service-disabled veterans. Minda Moore, 39, pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy,ÃÂ ...
Business Insider
April 25, 2018
A still image from a video footage taken on April 6, 2018 shows a bus transferring Russian private military contractors passing a checkpoint before entering the Defence Ministry base in Molkino near ... Russian civilian military contractors appear to be helping train the Syrian military, an investigation finds.
TASS
April 23, 2018
MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. Russia's Almaz-Antey defense manufacturer will demonstrate the models of its advanced S-400 Triumf, Buk-M2E and Tor air defense missile systems at the Eurasia Airshow-2018 international exhibition that will be held in Antalya (Turkey) on April 25-29, the company's pressÃÂ ...
Mondaq News Alerts
April 20, 2018
Seventy-four of those are classified as "Defense Contractor Reprisal" complaints that are filed by DoD contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees and .... While the substantiation rate in investigations against defense contractors is historically low, the cost and risk of an investigation may justifyÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
April 20, 2018
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: President Trump likes to brag that America makes the best weapons, and almost always makes a sales pitch for U.S. allies to buy American at every meeting with a foreign leader. This week with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump previewed his new arms sales policy, whichÃÂ ...
The Hill
April 13, 2018
Cybersecurity experts say defense contractors are facing more aggressive attacks as nation states and other hacking groups increasingly use malicious software to block information or manipulate data. The companies that provide U.S. military and intelligence agencies with products and services have longÃÂ ...
Denver Business Journal
April 11, 2018
Solidyn Solutions was a 14-year-old technology company working with major defense contractors and U.S. military and spy agencies, including the CIA, National Security Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office. After its metro-area expansion, Polaris Alpha plans to add 80,000 square feet to itsÃÂ ...
Greenville Daily Reflector
March 17, 2018
The pilot program criteria include being a prime defense contractor or subcontractor being affected by defense budget reductions and having at least 10 percent business revenue derived from Department of Defense contracts with at least a 5 percent decrease in sales, production or employment due toÃÂ ...
DefenseNews.com
March 16, 2018
In the letter, Sanders asked Mattis why he has allowed the CEOs of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon — two of the top five U.S. defense contractors — to be paid more than $20 million in total compensation. He also asked Mattis for a list of recommendations on reducing excessive defense contractorÃÂ ...
New Orleans CityBusiness (blog)
March 15, 2018
An atomic and defense contractor is again expanding in Mississippi, with plans to spend $20 million and add 48 jobs over three years. General Atomics announced Wednesday that it will add 128,000 square feet (11,891 square meters) to its existing building to make and assemble lasers for governmentÃÂ ...
News & Observer
March 15, 2018
An atomic and defense contractor is again expanding in Mississippi, with plans to spend $20 million and add 48 jobs over three years. General Atomics announced Wednesday that it will add 128,000 square feet (11,891 square meters) to its existing building to make and assemble lasers for governmentÃÂ ...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 15, 2018
TOKYO -- Japanese defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is struggling to win orders from overseas clients, a sector on which the company had pinned high hopes. Known for quiet operation and underwater navigation capability, Mitsubishi's top-class submarines were expected to draw interestÃÂ ...
FederalNewsRadio.com
March 15, 2018
He asked Mattis to provide a strategy to prevent future fraud by defense contractors. Sanders also noted that the CEOs of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon were paid more than $20 million salary last year, while more than 90 percent of the companies' revenues came from government defense spending.
The Hill
March 15, 2018
Sanders also raised concerns over fraud among defense contractors and cost overruns in the acquisition budget. Democrats have long complained that defense spending is not subject to the same oversight as nondefense programs. A recent bipartisan budget deal added $80 billion to the defenseÃÂ ...
Haaretz
March 13, 2018
In addition, there's the buyer's perspective to consider, namely whether Elbit — Israel's biggest privately-owned defense contractor — can generate significantly more foreign sales from IMI's proven research and development capabilities. That could square the circle by generating more jobs. AnotherÃÂ ...
Business Insurance
March 10, 2018
Two former defense contract workers can proceed in part with their lawsuit against their employer, who allegedly terminated them after one filed and another assisted with a workers compensation claim, the U.S. District Appeals Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday. In 2010, David Sickle andÃÂ ...
Law360
March 7, 2018
Law360 (March 6, 2018, 12:37 PM EST) -- A former Navy officer and defense contractor pled guilty Monday in Texas federal court to unlawfully holding on to secret information, including ground troop operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Weldon Marshall, 43, entered a guilty plea to a single countÃÂ ...
Dayton Business Journal
March 7, 2018
A Dayton-area defense contractor has landed a $37 million project to support the U.S. Central Command. MacAulay-Brown Inc., a national security company based in Beavercreek, was awarded a five-year order to provide strategic planning, analysis and a supplementary database for the command'sÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
March 6, 2018
A former government contractor pleaded guilty Monday to accepting illegal kickbacks from an Afghan company in exchange for assistance in obtaining US government subcontracts, the Department of Justice said. According to a Washington Times report, Christopher McCray, 55, pleaded guilty to one countÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
March 3, 2018
The market looks to be over-estimating the potential impact of steel and aluminum tariffs on defense contractors. ... We'll use Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, as our example for looking at defense contractors, and General Motors, the largest domestic auto maker, as our exampleÃÂ ...
Colorado Springs Gazette
March 2, 2018
Even though revenue for 2017 was down from 2016, the Colorado Springs-based defense contractor easily beat its own and stock analysts' forecasts for greater declines after Vectrus lost a major contract about a year ago. Vectrus, which replaced its CEO and restructured its business developmentÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
February 28, 2018
Defense contractor SAIC on Wednesday confirmed it will expand its Berkeley County operations with a new facility at the North Pointe Business Park in Hanahan, but the number of jobs at the site has been scaled back. Reston, Va.-based SAIC, short for Science Applications International Corp., expects toÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
February 28, 2018
Defense contractor SAIC is expanding its Berkeley County operations with a new facility that will be able to produce multiple types of vehicles and other equipment for the military. Reston, Va.-based SAIC, short for Science Applications International Corp., expects to move into a new building at the NorthÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
February 20, 2018
One of the key drivers for Raytheon was a political tailwind of higher defense spending. Domestic spending focus by U.S. politicians decreases the odds of more money being spent on defense. Republicans are in power, meaning they no longer need to harp on defense in their rhetoric. Global trends inÃÂ ...
The Cipher Brief
February 18, 2018
Bottom Line: Russia's use of private military contractors in Syria lends the Kremlin deniability that becomes problematic when the U.S. tries to calculate how to retaliate against incursions again U.S. and coalition troops by the Assad regime. The problem reared its head earlier this month when the of U.S.ÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
February 16, 2018
Defense contractor SAIC is looking to add to its Charleston area operations, with plans for a $28.5 million manufacturing campus that will create 200 jobs near the company's existing site in North Pointe Business Park. Berkeley County Council is scheduled to vote on tax breaks for the Hanahan facilityÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 14, 2018
Leviev said his group has confirmed the death of eight Russian private military contractors in the U.S. strike based on social media. He noted that the Russian military could have been unaware of the contractors' involvement in the attacking force because coordination between them has been very poor.
ABC News
February 14, 2018
FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in a development that couldÃÂ ...
News Chief
February 13, 2018
In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, watches the troops marching as he and Syrian President Bashar Assad visit the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday in aÃÂ ...
The Hill
February 7, 2018
Russian hackers targeted employees at major defense contractors working on sensitive U.S. military programs, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Hackers with cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear used phishing emails to target no less than 87 contractors working on military technology projectsÃÂ ...
Defense Systems
February 7, 2018
After several years of divestitures and portfolio reshapings by defense contractors, three large primes have kept their IT and government services businesses, choosing to reposition and ... This places the defense contractor in a different risk profile against more competitors, particularly in IT services. GD sawÃÂ ...
FederalNewsRadio.com
February 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian hackers exploited a key vulnerability in U.S. cyber defenses to come within reach of stealing some of the nation's most secret and advanced defense technology, an Associated Press investigation has found. What may have been stolen is uncertain, but the cyberspies clearlyÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
December 31, 1999
TAMPA, Florida — In its quest for cutting edge commercial solutions to military problems, the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) is not ignoring the talents of traditional government contractors. “The defense industrial base has incredible capabilities and resources,” said Col. David RobinsonÃÂ ...
Law360
December 31, 1999
Law360 (April 19, 2018, 1:01 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General is responsible for investigating all complaints of reprisal made by DOD contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees and personal service contractors under 10 U.S.C. ç 2409. These investigations are conducted by itsà...
Dayton Business Journal
December 31, 1999
Mark Fornes of Mark Fornes Realty, who represents Matrix, confirmed the acreage sold was for the construction of the defense contractor's new facility. The facility will face State Route 835 near Grange Hall Road, bordering Research Park Boulevard. Fornes said construction of the new facility is likely toÃÂ ...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to know why so much of taxpayer money goes to the CEOs of defense companies. The CEOs of the top five defense contractors in the U.S. earned a combined total of $96 million in compensation last year. Lockheed Martin takes the lion's share of DoD funds with nearly 90ÃÂ ...
Dayton Daily News
December 31, 1999
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Dayton-based defense contractor a five-year, $67.9 million contract for engineering, management and other services at locations across the country, according to the Department of Defense. MacAulay Brown, Inc., will conduct the work to support the development and deploymentÃÂ ...
Albany Business Review
February 16, 2018
Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. doubled sales for its last quarter after the Saratoga Springs, New York, manufacturer began shipping power converters under a $66 million contract with the U.S. Army. The maker of rugged transformers and power supplies for freight locomotives, ships and jets increasedÃÂ ...
thenews.pl
February 16, 2018
The casualties coincided with US-led air strikes on the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on 7 February, Poland's niezalezna.pl news website said. Russian authorities deny deploying private military contractors to Syria. But Russia has engaged military contractors because those deaths do not need to be accountedÃÂ ...
TASS
February 16, 2018
MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Russia's MiG Aircraft Corporation has completed factory trials of its next-generation MiG-35 multirole fighter jet, the corporation's press office told TASS on Friday. "The factory trials of the MiG-35 multirole fighter jet produced in the interests of the Defense Ministry of theÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
February 16, 2018
Officials from the United States and Russia, together with non-governmental sources, all agree on the core narrative: On February 7, 2018, east of the Euphrates River, in the oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour, a battalion-size armed group loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, supported by armor andÃÂ ...
TRT World
February 15, 2018
The Russian parliament is working on a bill to regulate private military companies, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday after reports that an unknown number of Russian military contractors were killed in a US strike in Syria. Retired Gen. Vladimir Shamanov, head of the defence committee in the lowerÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 15, 2018
12, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in a development that could further inflame Russia-U.S. tensions if officiallyÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
February 13, 2018
The US defense contractor has agreed to buy CSRA Inc. for about $6.8 billion to expand its computer-services offerings for government agencies and military customers. CSRA holders will receive $40.75 a share in cash, General Dynamics said in a statement Monday, a 32 percent premium over the stock'sÃÂ ...
The Seattle Times
February 12, 2018
FILE – In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington. General Dynamics is buying CSRA for almost $7 billion. Novakovic said in a printed statementÃÂ ...
