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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 sayÃâà...
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 takeÃâà...
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 theÃâà...
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 wasÃâà...
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 aÃâà...
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,Ãâà...
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 pressÃâà...
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 justifyÃâà...
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, whichÃâà...
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 longÃâà...
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 itsÃâà...
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 toÃâà...
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 contractorÃâà...
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 governmentÃâà...
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 governmentÃâà...
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 interestÃâà...
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 defenseÃâà...
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. AnotherÃâà...
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 andÃâà...
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 countÃâà...
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'sÃâà...
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 countÃâà...
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 exampleÃâà...
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 developmentÃâà...
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 toÃâà...
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 NorthÃâà...
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 inÃâà...
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.Ãâà...
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 facilityÃâà...
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 couldÃâà...
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 aÃâà...
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 projectsÃâà...
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 sawÃâà...
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 clearlyÃâà...
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 RobinsonÃâà...
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. Ãâç 2409. These investigations are conducted by itsÃâà...
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 toÃâà...
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 90Ãâà...
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 deploymentÃâà...