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New SPAWAR Commander Brings Experience of End User to Job
DEFENSE: Yokoyama’s Priorities Are Improving War-Fighting CapabilitiesTransitions are part of life in the U.S. Navy. Sailors regularly move from one city to the next, or from one continent to another. But even for Capt. Melvin Yokoyama Jr., who has spent more than 25 years in the Navy, this last transition has been quite a change of scenery. July 13, 2017 1:38 p.m. $$ ShareStartup SkySafe Raises $11.5 Million in Series A Funding
San Diego-based SkySafe, which makes technology to stop drones while in flight, said on July 20 that it received $11.5 million in series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz.
July 25, 2017 3:07 p.m. share »Navy Awards Contract Worth Nearly $50M to BAE Systems
The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair a contract modification worth almost $50 million, covering maintenance work on the amphibious ship USS Comstock.
July 25, 2017 1:27 p.m. share »
Spending Power and Seagoing Sriracha: A Peek Inside San Diego’s Newest Navy Ship
The USS Gabrielle Giffords, an Independence-class littoral combat ship and one of the newest ships in the U.S. Navy, arrived in San Diego on July 5, giving the region a direct economic benefit of about $30 million per year.
July 24, 2017 1:19 p.m. share »Cubic Acquires British-Based Deltenna Ltd.
Cubic Corp. said on July 18 that it acquired privately held Deltenna Ltd. of Chippenham, U.K. for undisclosed terms. Deltenna specializes in wireless infrastructure, offering radio and antenna communication solutions.
July 18, 2017 9:34 a.m. share »Shipbuilder Announces Up to 300 Layoffs
BAE Systems said July 11 that it planned to lay off as many as 300 employees at its Barrio Logan shipyard. The positions could be eliminated in early September, the business said.
July 11, 2017 4:11 p.m. share »
Cubic CFO Takes New Role, Replacement Named
Cubic Corp. plans to transition current CFO Jay Thomas to an executive adviser’s role and name a new chief financial officer in October.
July 11, 2017 3:54 p.m. share »Camp Pendleton Work Part of Contract Awarded to Small Business
F3EA JV LLC, a small business, has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $16.4 million to support underwater egress training systems at four U.S. Marine Corps bases.
July 7, 2017 10:25 a.m. share »
Tapestry to Share $28M Contract
San Diego-based Tapestry Solutions Inc., a part of Boeing Co., received a $28 million U.S. Air Force contract that it will share with another Boeing unit, Jeppesen.
July 6, 2017 2:55 p.m. share »
Local Cos. Get Big-Ticket Items in Rough Draft of Defense Budget
A rough draft of the fiscal 2018 Pentagon budget is out, and as usual, it includes some big-ticket purchases from San Diego’s aircraft makers and shipbuilders.
July 6, 2017 2:50 p.m. share »Continental Maritime Gets $37.8 Million Navy Contract
The U.S. Navy awarded Continental Maritime a $37.8 million delivery order to cover shipyard work to the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Chosin.
June 28, 2017 4:54 p.m. share »Navy Awards Kratos $37.1 Million Contract for Drones
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. received a big contract for jet-powered target drones, used in military war games. The U.S. Navy announced the $37.1 million contract modification on June 27.
June 28, 2017 2:40 p.m. share »Navy to Spend Hundreds of Millions for Help at Point Loma Lab
Six companies received contracts to provide support services at the U.S. Navy’s Point Loma lab. Under the best of circumstances, the work announced on June 14 will extend to the middle of 2022.
June 27, 2017 3:48 p.m. share »ViaSat Awarded $88.3 Million Military Contract
ViaSat Inc. reported on June 26 that it received an $88.3 million contract to provide radios to the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force, adding that it is tripling its production capabilities for so-called MIDS JTRS terminals.
June 26, 2017 3:17 p.m. share »S.D. Cos. to Share $492 Million Navy Contract
Four companies will divide up to $492 million worth of orders over an eight-year period, thanks to contracts recently awarded by SPAWAR, the U.S. Navy’s information technology command. A good deal of the work will flow to San Diego.
June 26, 2017 2:28 p.m. share »-
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