Author: Calvin Biesecker

Nearly a year after the collapse of a proposed deal by Lockheed Martin to buy engine and rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, the only independent supplier of tactical rocket motors and engines for...

Maxar Technologies on Friday said it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Advent International for about $4 billion in cash, a $53 per share price that...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Dec. 1 established a new U.S. Department of Defense office charged with helping companies that are developing technologies critical to national security partner with private...

Boeing on Thursday announced a consolidation and streamlining of its $26 billion defense unit, which has struggled with a slew of performance issues the past few years that have bled into...

Maxar Technologies on Thursday said it acquired Wovenware, which specializes in artificial intelligence and software developing, and will make the Puerto Rico-based company one of its software development and AI/machine learning...

Satellite designer and manufacturer Terran Orbital Corp. on Monday said it has received a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin to allow the company to accelerate and expand its manufacturing capabilities. Lockheed Martin...

The commercial space company Sierra Space launched a new business Oct. 12 that will invest in and partner with innovators and disruptors in the emerging new space market. Sierra Space Ventures...

U.S. security in the Arctic will require a range of expanded capabilities including improved domain awareness, positioning and communications, more Coast Guard icebreakers and investing in maritime transportation infrastructure, the...

The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire a majority share of the spacecraft company York Space Systems, which has a prime contracting role in...

L3Harris Technologies on Monday said is creating a new strategic position within the company aimed at better fusing its capabilities corporate-wide to win more business as prime contractor and expand...