Brad Graves
Reporter & Special Sections Editor
Phone: 858-277-6359 Extension: 3102
Recent Stories
Cubic Interactive Tests the Waters Of Advertising and Loyalty Programs
Reaches a Captive Audience on Transit Systems
Kratos and Partners Win a Spot on Army GTACS Deal
22 Teams to Compete for Communications Work
Navy Taps Northrop Grumman to Build More Triton Aircraft
DEFENSE: $172 Million Deal Includes Operating Base; Tritons Deployed To the Pacific
Cubic Tallies $329M In Q1 Sales, Stands Behind Guidance
Net Loss of $21M Due, in Part, to Program Investments
Trio of Shipyards To Split Up $275M Of Repair Contract
Work Goes to GD NASSCO, BAE and Huntington Ingalls
Viasat Handheld Radios to Help Special Operators
Air Force Contract for BATS-D Has $93M Cap
Old Town Attraction Gains New Lease
TOURISM: Train Layout, Set in 1959, to Get a Modern Marketing Push
Qualcomm Earns $925M; Revenue Is $5.1B
WIRELESS: At Least $4.9B of Revenue Seen in Current Quarter
Cubic Shareholders Consider Board Composition, Pay
LEADERSHIP: Since Late 2019, 4 Out of 9 Directors Have Been Women
Cybersecurity Certification Has Contractors Talking
Pentagon Is Pushing for Audits of All Suppliers
Big Business Wants to Play in Health Care’s Sandbox
HEALTH CARE: Kaiser, Sharp Have Retail Presence; Tech Companies See Data
Northrop Grumman Receives $217M Electronics Deal
Contractor Will Operate and Support ‘Wi-Fi in the Sky’
General Atomics, Navy Test Carrier Gear Under Extreme Conditions
DEFENSE: USS Gerald R. Ford Features Other Advanced Technology
Deloitte, Rady Explore Delivery of Medical Samples by Drone
TECHNOLOGY: Effort Could Speed Delivery by Bypassing Traffic
Gremlin Air Vehicle, Fabricated By Kratos, Makes Its Inaugural Flight
Unmanned Aircraft Designed to Travel in Swarms
Accounting Firms Must Search and Spend for Talent
ACCOUNTING: Beginning Tax Specialist Can Command $51,900 Salary, Survey Says
Taxes and Other Rules...Accounting in Flux
CPA leaders mull new year and new rules
Air Force Contract With BAE Systems Has $49.6M Ceiling
Support for Air Vehicle Planning System Extended
San Diego to Host Three Aircraft Carriers, Getting Economic Benefits
USS Carl Vinson to Change Home Port in August
Investors Offer Over $1 Billion For Stake in Lytx
TECH: Permira To Buy Major Stake in Video Telematics Firm
Investor group, Permira, values Lytx in excess of $2.5 billion.
Northrop Grumman Draws Talent From Community Colleges
New Program Puts Budding Engineers to Work on Real-World Projects
Executive Behind Growth of $850M Cubic Corp. Division to Move On
Matt Cole’s New Job Will Be in the Technology Space.
Construction Worth $128M Coming to Camp Pendleton
Facilities to Serve Marines on the Job and at Meals.
Shipyard as Classroom: General Dynamics NASSCO Sends Welders to School
WORKFORCE: Eight-Week Course Is a Must for Prospective Employees
Barrio Logan shipyard builds its products from the ground up. The need for welders is high.
Deep Space Clock Gets Down to Work With GA’s Support
Payload on OTB Satellite Is Part of a 1 Year Experiment
NASA’s experimental Deep Space Atomic Clock is now operating. It completed the commissioning phase of its journey in November.
GA-ASI Wins Aircraft Support Deals; Northrop Grumman to Build Tritons
Both Stand to Gain Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
The following are selected defense contracts awarded to San Diego County companies in December.
Top Transportation Executive to Leave Cubic
Matt Cole, the executive who has led Cubic Corp.’s transportation business unit since 2015, plans to leave the company, the Kearny Mesa business announced Jan. 7.
Viasat Rolls Out Residential Internet Service in Mexico
COMMUNICATIONS: Already in Brazil, Co. Sets Sights on Rest of Latin America
Viasat Inc. plans to dramatically expand its residential internet service in Mexico and Brazil during the coming year.
Regulators Mull Cost of Capital for Sempra Units
ENERGY: SDG&E Asks for $12.38% But Given 10.2%
State utility regulators ruled last month that profit margins at San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Gas should remain the same.
Soltek Pacific To Build Camp Pendleton Clinic
$27.1 Million Task Order Will Fund Work Through Spring of 2022
The following are selected defense contracts awarded to San Diego County companies in December.
Sempra Starts Second LNG Production Line in Louisiana
Sempra LNG announced in late December that the second train, or production line, of its Cameron LNG plant in Louisiana has begun its work of converting natural gas to a liquid state for export.
Defense Bills Reach Their Final Forms
NASSCO in Line for $607 Million; GA-ASI, Northrop Grumman to See Benefits
Congress spent the weeks before Christmas finalizing the 2020 Defense Department budget.
List of San Diego 500 Icons Grows This Year
LEADERSHIP: Business and Civic Leaders Made Lasting Changes
How did we get here? San Diego’s unique economy — a distinct blend of tech, military and Southern California lifestyle — was built by market forces. And some farsighted and charismatic individuals.
Northrop Grumman Receives Contract To Upgrade Fire Scout Electronics
Navy Is Studying How to Equip Aircraft With Weapons
The following are selected defense contracts awarded to San Diego County companies in November and December.
Cubic Acquisitions Face a Common Foe: Traffic Congestion
TECHNOLOGY: Trio of Businesses Pursues Market Worth Tens of Billions
It has been roughly one year since Cubic Corp. brought aboard a couple of large acquisitions in the traffic management space.
Qualcomm Predicts 5G Devices Will Be Available in Q1 2020
Co. Rolls Out Premium and High-Tier Chips for 5G
Qualcomm Inc. introduced a trio of chips for fifth-generation (5G) mobile devices at its 2019 Snapdragon Tech Summit earlier this month.
Startup San Diego Names Top Executive
Startup San Diego has named Alexa-Rae Navarro as its executive director.
Northrop Grumman Pursues Jammer Deal
DEFENSE: State Dept. OKs Anti-IED Systems for Australia
Northrop Grumman Corp. is lining up an overseas order for its battlefield signal jammers, which the company designs and builds in San Diego.
Raytheon to Tend Shipboard Networks
Contract Has $75M Ceiling; Most of Work to Be Local
The following are selected defense contracts awarded to San Diego County companies in November and December.
San Diego’s Biggest Hotels Range From Bayside to Backcountry Venues
TOURISM: Forty Largest Hotels Are Not Cut From Same Cloth
This week’s list takes a measuring stick to San Diego’s hotel industry.
General Atomics to Operate Fusion Reactor For 5 Additional Years
U.S. Department of Energy, Academic Researchers Pool Resources and Talents
General Atomics is getting five more years of federal funding to operate its experimental nuclear fusion reactor in Sorrento Valley.
Centurum IT Poised To Support Satellite Communications
Deal Could Extend 5 Years And Maxes Out at $59.4M
The following are selected defense contracts awarded to San Diego County companies in November.
Cubic Widens Its Capabilities With Delerrok and Pixia Acquisitions
Transit Provider Delerrok Is Based in Vista
Cubic Corp. CEO Brad Feldmann has his acquisition machine running.
Tech Coast Angels Invest Again In Mercato and Discover Echo
FINANCE: $2.1M Split; ACE Fund Put Into Play
The deals, announced in late November, bring the number of million-dollar investments by Tech Coast Angels’s San Diego chapter to four.
Tech Coast Angels Invests Again in Mercato and Discover Echo
Tech Coast Angels-San Diego is increasing its investment in two local companies: Mercato, the delivery startup for independent grocers, and Discover Echo, the microscope maker formerly known as Echo Labs. Mercato received an additional $1.1 million while Discover Echo received $1 million.
BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls and NASSCO to Divide Shipyard Funds
$299M Added to Ship Repair Effort in Fiscal 2020
The U.S. Navy increased the overall amount of funding to repair certain surface ships in the Port of San Diego.
Getting a Seat at the Table: How Women Can Position Themselves to Get on Boards
LEADERSHIP: Event Speaker, Carrie Stone, Offers Pointers To Aspiring Directors
Cubic Corp. Closes Out a $1.5B Year, Stock Tumbles
Co. Announces 2 Acquisitions, Offers Fiscal 2020 Guidance
Defense and transportation electronics specialist Cubic Corp. finished its 2019 fiscal year with revenue of slightly less than $1.5 billion.
Bumble Bee to Be Sold for $925M, Files for Bankruptcy
San Diego-based Bumble Bee Seafoods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying in a statement that the move was a first step in selling the business. FCF Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy it for $925 million.
New Name Is a Look to the Future, Says Genasys CEO
ELECTRONICS: Co. Formerly Known as LRAD to Keep Legacy Products
The Rancho Bernardo company named for its Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, decided it had outlived its name and has taken the final step to change it.
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