TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 17, 2021 — Michael Shrader, vice president of innovative and intelligence solutions at Carahsoft Technology, has encouraged the use of emerging technologies as government agencies face evolving operational challenges and changing customer needs, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. He wrote in a blog post that emerging-tech compan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2021 — A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) vice president has expressed the need for the Department of Defense to employ evolutionary capabilities and revolutionary platforms to ensure that missile defense could take on emerging hypersonic and cruise missile threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. “We need to have ...
Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) has agreed to acquire Planetary Systems Corp. in a cash-and-stock transaction to further build up its space systems business and end-to-end offerings across launch and space hardware markets. Rocket Lab said Monday it agreed to pay $42 million in cash and 1,720,841 in shares of common stock to buy PSC...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2021 — Carahsoft Technology will use its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 and OMNIA Partners contracts to market Flashpoint-made cyber threat intelligence offerings to government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “We look forward to working with Flashpoint and our reseller partners t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2021 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has launched a midband satellite service capable of supporting telemetry reporting, media sharing and other activities of government, maritime, land mobile and aviation customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “Our new Iridium Certus 100 midband service is designed for ap...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has asked vendors to submit information about space weather data offerings as the agency looks to expand its information-gathering platforms. NOAA said Wednesday it will use input from the commercial sector to plan future pilot studies and acquisition programs. The agency is interested in learning ...
Extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, and climate change is gaining greater importance across federal government agencies’ priorities and concerns. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. has experienced at least...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 12, 2021 — Anthony Robbins, vice president of the federal business at NVIDIA and a four-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the company and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are looking to use artificial intelligence and digital-twin simulation to help federal and state forest service organizations better understand wildfires and ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 12, 2021 — Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and eight-time Wash100 Award recipient, underscored the progress the company has made on its sustainability goals to date as Leidos released its new environmental, social and governance objectives for 2030, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Next Level Leidos hig...
Rick Sabol, a more than three-decade industry veteran, has joined VTG as a senior vice president with responsibility for programs supporting the U.S. Navy. He joins the Virginia-based naval engineering company after his previous role as SVP of operations at Science Applications International Corp.‘s (NYSE: SAIC) defense systems group, VTG said...
