U.K.-based global defense company QinetiQ has created an advisory board for its Australian subsidiary. The board will initially consist of three members who will provide independent counsel on QinetiQ Australia’s business activities. The inaugural board members will also represent the company in promoting its capabilities to the government and defense markets, QinetiQ said in a...
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Capgemini Names Paul Margetts as APAC CEO, Rob Walker as UK Lead
Capgemini has named two new members of its leadership team: Paul Margetts, CEO of the French IT and consulting firm’s Asia Pacific Strategic Business unit, and Rob Walker, managing director of its U.K. division. Margetts, who joined Capgemini in 1992, was appointed Capgemini UK unit managing director and group executive committee member in 2018. Previously,...
Paul McCarter Succeeds John Finney as All.Space CEO
Global satellite communications company All.Space has promoted Paul McCarter as CEO, succeeding founder John Finney. McCarter has over 30 years of leadership experience, most recently serving as All.Space chief operating officer. He held several executive and management roles at Cobham Satcom, Racal, Serco and Thales. Finney remarked on how critical McCarter’s talents and extensive skills...
Juliette Wilcox Takes Lead Role at Ultra Intelligence & Communications’s UK Cyber Division
Juliette Wilcox, former cybersecurity ambassador of the U.K. Department for Business and Trade’s U.K. Defence and Security Exports, has been appointed president of Ultra Intelligence & Communications’ U.K. Cyber division. In her new position, Wilcox heads more than 200 employees in the division’s locations in Maidenhead, Farnborough and Gloucester. The company said the new cyber...
State Department Approves Norway’s $405M Request to Procure RTX’s AMRAAM-ER Missiles
The U.S. Department of State has cleared a Norwegian government request to purchase Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles–Extended Range and related equipment for $405 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. RTX will be the principal contractor for the potential foreign military sale of 100 AMRAAM-ER units, four AMRAAM AIM-120C-8 guidance sections, weapons software,...
BAE Systems Opens Shipbuilding Academy to Boost Glasgow Shipyards’ Capabilities
BAE Systems is upgrading the capabilities of its two shipyards in Glasgow, Scotland, with the recent opening of a training academy in Scotstoun and the construction of a new shipbuilding facility in Govan. The Scotstoun shipyard’s 5,500-square-meter Applied Shipbuilding Academy was built for $15.6 million. BAE Systems has allocated $390 million for upgrades on its...
SpaceX Launches Space Norway’s Northrop-Built Arctic Broadband Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two Northrop Grumman-manufactured satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Aug. 11 for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission. The ASBM-1 and ASBM-2 spacecraft, built on Northrop’s GEOStar-3 bus platform, were deployed to a highly elliptical orbit to deliver commercial broadband and protected military satellite communications to aircraft, ships...
CACI Names Dan Parr as Consumer, Market Intelligence SVP
CACI Ltd has promoted Dan Parr to senior vice president for consumer and market intelligence in the United Kingdom. Parr, who announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post on Monday, was previously a company vice president responsible for leading a team of data and analytics experts who provide data services, software and consultancy to meet...
Elbit Secures $130M Iron Fist Active Protection Systems Order From BAE Systems Hägglunds
BAE Systems Hägglunds has placed a $130 million order for Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist active protection systems for installation on a European country’s CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. According to Elbit, the Iron Fist APS is an advanced “hard kill” system designed to provide armored platforms with 360-degree self-defense capabilities against the latest battlefield threats —...
AWS Highlights Generative AI Innovation at Public Sector Symposium
Innovations spurred by generative artificial intelligence took center stage at Amazon Web Services’ Worldwide Public Sector Symposium. At the event in Canberra, Donna Hutchison, executive lead of the Australian Epilepsy Project, highlighted how AWS and generative AI are aiding the development of a platform that integrates multimodal datasets to revolutionize neurological care in Australia. Meanwhile,...