The Bottom Line: Nobis Group, BAE Systems and Skillsoft Global Knowledge

A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide

NOBIS GROUP ACQUIRES RICHARD D. BARTLETT & ASSOCIATES

Nobis Group, a Northeast-based environmental and engineering firm, has acquired Richard D. Bartlett & Associates, LLC, a land surveying company from Concord, NH. The move supports Nobis Group’s strategy to expand into new market sectors and bring land surveying services in-house for existing and future clients.

Founded in 1973, Richard D. Bartlett & Associates is a surveying firm serving residential, commercial and municipal clients across New Hampshire. The firm is known for its role in project planning and permitting, helping clients navigate local, state and federal approval processes.

Nobis Group President and CEO Chris Adams, PE, said the two firms share a strong alignment in values and client focus.

Nobis Group was founded in 1988 and provides integrated environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering and civil engineering services across commercial, municipal, transportation and federal markets.

As part of the transaction, Richard D. Bartlett principals Mark Sargent and Daniel Mullen will join Nobis Group’s leadership team as director of project development and director of survey services, respectively. The two firms have collaborated on more than 250 projects over the past three decades.

Richard D. Bartlett & Associates will continue operating under its current name for one year as a division of Nobis Group, and will relocate its Concord office to Nobis Group’s headquarters. Nobis Group also maintains offices in Massachusetts, Vermont and New Jersey.

BAE SYSTEMS SECURES $36M CONTRACT WITH U.S. NAVY

BAE Systems has been awarded a $36 million production contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver Multifunction Modular Mast (MMM) systems for integration onto U.S. Navy submarines.

The MMM system is a radio frequency receiving antenna that provides U.S. Navy submarines the ability to detect, identify and direction-find adversary communications signals before rising to the surface. The antennas will mount on new Virginia-class submarines and feed into Lockheed Martin’s AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare (EW) system.

The MMM system plays a critical role in electromagnetic spectrum dominance and strategic situational awareness. It provides operators with a reliable secondary source to detect nearby adversaries, in addition to radar and sonar.

The tactical communications receiving antenna resides in a composite radome. Its pressure-rated and corrosion-resistant design allows the unit to survive the harsh undersea environment and maximize signal-gathering performance while minimizing visibility of the mast and platform. The system also includes a payload module that enables the U.S. Navy to incorporate additional sensors for other mission applications.

Work on the MMM system is performed at BAE Systems’ New Hampshire facilities in Hudson, Merrimack and Nashua.

SKILLSOFT WINS TRAINING PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Nashua-based Skillsoft Global Knowledge (NYSE: SKIL) has been named EMEA Training Partner of the Year as part of the 2025 Global AWS Partner Awards, recognizing organizations that help customers innovate and build solutions on Amazon Web Services.

The award honors Skillsoft Global Knowledge’s role in equipping learners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with critical cloud, data, security and engineering skills needed to support modern AWS environments and prepare for emerging AI-driven technologies.

The Geographic and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize partners that demonstrate specialization, innovation and collaboration while growing their businesses on AWS. Skillsoft Global Knowledge was recognized for its learning approach, which combines instructor-led training, virtual classrooms, hands-on labs and bootcamps to help professionals develop job-ready expertise in cloud architecture, machine learning, cybersecurity, DevOps and data analytics.

Through large-scale workforce development programs and public-private partnerships, the company has supported organizations in building talent pipelines for high-demand technology roles and expanding access to AWS skills across the region.