The satellite communications industry — a once-sleepy sector — is indisputably booming right now. With the ubiquity of launch, the skyrocketing growth of commercial infrastructure in space, the exponentially increasing importance of resilient communications and the creeping volatility of the space domain, satellite networks are in the spotlight ...
The government arm of global satellite operator SES’ has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of GovCon industry veterans Scott Galus, Nitin Bhat and Luz Martinez to senior vice president roles to oversee operations, engineering and finance. The leadership appointments come as SES Government Solutions pursues growth in the field of mu...
In the last three years, the U.S. health care system has undergone dramatic changes, catalyzed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the urgent need for advanced technology integration and the shifting health needs of American civilians. In March 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, demand skyrocketed for health care services like contact centers, claims ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2022 — ECS will assist the U.S. Transportation Command in the sustainment and modernization of its Global Air Transportation Execution System under a five-year, $53 million recompete contract, ExecutiveBiz reported. The company was tasked to provide Agile software development and to transfer additional GATES software c...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received approval from the U.S. Army to begin the delivery of the initial order of 5,000 HoloLens-based combat goggles, Bloomberg reported Friday. Spokesman Jamal Beck said Douglas Bush, assistant secretary for acquisition at the Army, gave the service the clearance to start accepting 5,000 sets of the Integrated Visual ...
Quantum computing can unlock a myriad of opportunities for the United States, and the federal government is beginning to tap into its potential. Although quantum is not a new field by any means, it is incredibly complex, and it may take years for us to see the benefits of harnessing the advanced technology. Because of these...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 2, 2022 — Allen Badeau, chief technology officer of Empower AI, has advised government agencies to support their artificial intelligence adoption efforts by ensuring that AI platform data sources are validated, cleaned and standardized, ExecutiveBiz reported. In an opinion piece, Badeau also outlined other steps of AI-enab...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 2, 2022 — HawkEye 360 and the U.S. Army have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to create and showcase overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for tactical warfighter support, ExecutiveBiz reported. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficie...
The U.S. government is changing the competitive landscape. Some of their old ways of doing business can no longer serve today’s mission effectively, and some government contractors are shifting to integrator business models in response. One such company that has adopted this approach is Peraton, helmed by President, Chairman and CEO Stu ...
SES’ government arm has named telecommunications industry executive Ben Pigsley as senior vice president for defense networks and aerospace and defense sector veteran Jim Hooper as SVP for space initiatives. The appointment of Pigsley and Hooper to the leadership team of SES Government Solutions comes after the parent company closed its $450 milli...
