The United States Space Force has trained an “unblinking eye” on its top pacing challenge and adversary, China, as the U.S. races to maintain space dominance in the increasingly contested and hostile domain, according to Brig. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, the Space Force’s new director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. In recent years,...
The U.S. Army’s Capability Sets were introduced in 2021 in order to lay out a roadmap for maintaining a modern, technologically advanced service branch that will be prepared for any challenges adversaries could bring their way. The Capability Sets are mission protocols designed to be completed and phased out every two years. This effort began wit...
Kris Perry, formerly head of research and integration division at Intelligent Waves, has elevated to the role of vice president of engineering at the company. He will bring to the role over two decades of technological insight and understanding of defense systems and missions to oversee the design and delivery of novel platforms to customers...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a potential $96.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce Group B Ground and System Integration Lab materials. The 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity and obligated the full contract amount at the time of award using foreign mi...
Precision Aviation Group, an Atlanta-based portfolio company of private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners, has agreed to buy PTB Group, which provides engine support services to the aerospace and defense industries. PAG said Tuesday it aims to complete the acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2022. Australia-based PTB is composed of Pacific Turb...
Nicole Piasecki Kymeta has announced the appointment of aerospace industry veteran Nicole Piasecki to the board of directors and Fran Beaudette, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to the board of advisers. Piasecki has more than 35 years of experience at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and United Technologies Corp. and her appointment comes following the ret...
Jeff Miller, vice president of public sector at NowSecure, said government agencies looking to meet their digital transformation objectives and gain insight into the security of their applications should adopt modern software development practices and integrate into their mobile DevSecOps environments continuous security testing to detect and addres...
Guidehouse, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, has agreed to buy the public sector advisory practice of professional services firm Grant Thornton for an undisclosed sum. McLean, Virginia-based Guidehouse said Monday it expects the transaction to close in the second half of the year and add to the company a group of professionals that advises gover...
Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary and industry partners will begin the second leg of an unmanned surface vessel development and demonstration program spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. As part of Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship program, DARPA said Monday the team’s medium USV concept dubbed Defiant is expected ...
ExecutiveBiz featured Marqus Hutchinson, chief technology officer at Intelligent Waves, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. He talked about the five technical pillars on which they created domains for Intelligent Waves as well as the recent partnerships that helped the company grow in the federal market. The Q&A al...
