ESCO Corp., one of Portland’s oldest manufacturing companies said it will be acquired for $1.285 billion by another maker of mining equipment, Scotland-based The Weir Group PLC. The deal brings…
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The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $172.7 million contract for its Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, known as BACN for short. BACN is a communications relay flown aboard…
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc. received a $23 million production award for a new, high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aircraft system that has been under development. Kratos did not name its…
General Atomics has acquired the majority of the assets of Englewood, Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC, a company specializing in the design, manufacture, launch and operation of small…
Boeing and Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, on November 19 finalized an order for 75 737 MAX airplanes. The confirmed order is for 55 MAX 8s and 20 MAX…
Northrop Grumman Corp. stands to gain an even higher profile in San Diego if the company completes its $9.2 billion acquisition of Orbital ATK. Orbital ATK operates the former Composite…
Boeing and Qatar Airways announced an order for two 747-8 Freighters and four 777-300ERs (Extended Range), valued at $2.16 billion at list prices. The orders were previously unidentified on Boeing’s…
Bossard Group — an international company that makes screws, nuts, fasteners and bolts — has taken new real estate space in Phoenix. Bossard is based in Zug, Switzerland. It has…
Torrance-based electric car maker Faraday Future has inked a deal on a 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Central Valley, the company announced in August. The news comes a month…
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…