SD DEFENSE
Calpine Receives $67M Navy Energy Deal
San Diego-based Calpine Energy Solutions LLC received a three-year, $67.3 million contract to deliver retail electricity and ancillary services to U.S. Navy bases in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland and California.
Military Economic Impact in County Estimated to Be $50 Billion
DEFENSE: Study Forecasts Additional 3.7% Growth In Fiscal 2019
Sailors and Marines. Ships, aircraft and military machinery. That is San Diego, yesterday and today.
Business Intelligence Is a Must in Defense Sector
DEFENSE: Knowing Inside Machinations Helps in Planning
Every year, San Diego defense and aerospace companies spend six-figure sums on lobbyists, who represent their clients before government leaders in Washington, D.C.
Kratos Earns $1.7M on Revenue of $159M
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc., which builds electronics and drones, reported net income of $1.7 million, or 2 cents per share, on total revenues of $159.4 million in the third quarter.
On the Battlefield, AI Can Improvise, Adapt and Assist
Viasat Inc. plans to deliver artificial intelligence and machine learning to soldiers on the battlefield. The question I had was why.
Viasat 2Q Revenue Grows 32 Percent
Viasat Inc. saw its second quarter revenue grow to $517.5 million from $393.1 million in the same quarter one year ago, an increase of 31.6 percent. Shares rose 11 percent.
Kratos Gets Contract for Military C5ISR
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc. said on Oct. 30 that it received a sole-source contract for C5ISR equipment worth approximately $40 million. The military abbreviation stands for command, control, communications, computing, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Huntington Ingalls Awarded Shipyard Work
The U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $44.8 million contract for shipyard work to the USS O’Kane, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
Cubic Names Chief HR and Diversity Officer
Grace Lee will take the post of chief human resources and diversity officer at Cubic Corp. on Oct. 29.
Northrop’s Q3 Aerospace Sales Up 5% to $3.28B
Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeing growth in its Triton unmanned aircraft program.
GA Takes on Lithium-Ion Battery Deal
General Atomics said it received a contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to deliver prototype lithium-ion battery systems for manned submersibles. The company is supplying what it calls LiFT, or lithium-ion fault-tolerant battery systems.
Viasat’s Radio Project Puts Pentagon Procurement in Fast Lane
DEFENSE: Viasat Gets System in Hands Of Troops in 17 Months
Viasat Inc. did not take the conventional path to developing the handheld radio known as BATS-D, which soldiers on the ground use to call in airstrikes on enemy positions.
Navy Contractor Finds Off-Road Opportunity
DEFENSE: Particle Separator May Save Filters and Engines
Lily Aragon’s company has Southern California written all over it.
NASSCO Tapped for 6th Expeditionary Sea Base Ship
The U.S. Navy issued a preliminary contract that will let General Dynamics NASSCO build a sixth in a series of ships for expeditionary warfare.
Kratos Has a Spot in Harris Radios
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. said on Oct. 15 that it has licensed its Common Data Link radio technology to Harris Corp. for use in Harris’ handheld NanoSVDL radios.