Employment picture brightening despite calls to cut defense spending nationally While defense contractors throughout the nation are bracing for spending cuts from Washington, the outlook for hiring in Colorado Springs appears largely positive. Defense giants like Boeing, ITT Services and Northrop Grumman predict no downturn in their Colorado Springs employment picture, and smaller companies like [...]
Continue reading …Even as the big defense contractor Lockheed Martin was explaining why its third-quarter profit shrank 28 percent, British Prime Minister David Cameron was laying out sweeping defense cuts on Tuesday. They include a smaller order for Lockheed’s new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, built in Fort Worth, Texas.
Continue reading …NEK Advanced Securities Group of Colorado Springs was just awarded a $6.34 million Department of Defense contract. Its latest assignment will be to provide “operational support services and training to a classified and unclassified mission for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency contingency operations mission.” Like many defense companies that fly “under the radar,” NEK’s workforce focuses [...]
Continue reading …Military contracts for large and small projects have been awarded to local companies during the past two weeks. Most of them were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Doss Aviation secured a $9.09 million contract from the U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas for [...]
Continue reading …There’s plenty of work on the horizon for local defense contractors – or for those with a Pikes Peak regional office. Here’s a look at the most recent contract awards: Contractor a.i. solutions wins $209 million contract Take a.i. solutions, for example. The Maryland-based company has been awarded a $209 million contract to provide design, [...]
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