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AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced the expansion of the FirstNet broadband communications platform’s deployable network assets to support public safety personnel during emergency response efforts. The company said Thursday the expansion provides law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical service personnel and other first responders access to o...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a five-year, $194.3 million task order to help U.S. Air Force researchers analyze and verify the integrity of very small electronic devices. The company said Thursday it will provide best practices for designing digital and analog systems and develop methods to detect counterfeit microelectronic products as part of the S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 25, 2021 — Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, has dubbed the recent demonstration of the capability of a company-built unmanned aircraft system to perform an air-to-air fuel transfer mission as a “history-making event” and attributed the test completion to its ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 23, 2021 — Two executives from Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business have talked about the subsidiary’s efforts to accelerate warfighters’ access to sensor-derived data using a 5G connectivity-based approach, ExecutiveBiz reported June 3. “Being able to operate secure applica...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has promoted 19-year company veteran Kevin “Red” Smith to succeed Orlando “OJ” Sanchez as vice president of its F-22 program. Smith will oversee efforts to develop, produce and maintain systems for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 aircraft fleet in his position, Lockheed said Tuesday. Prior to this appointment, he ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $578 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to manufacture 14 extended-range Chinook helicopters for the British air force. The company said Tuesday it aims to deliver H-47 heavy-lift aircraft units to the U.K. starting in 2026 under the foreign military sales contract and that country will be the...
Dennis Freeman, a Department of Defense veteran, has joined Mission Secure as a technical adviser within the cybersecurity company’s government and defense business. He brings decades of military and civilian service experience to his new position and will help Mission Secure execute its operational technology cybersecurity strategy for govern...
Last week, ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight interview featuring both John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates, who are both recent 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, following the news that AFS will be acquiring Novetta. Gates and Goodman discussed the background behind the ac...
Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Enlightenment Capital has invested in Fenix Group, a Chantilly, Virginia-based provider of battlefield edge networks and integrated systems, to help the latter advance its growth strategy. “This partnership greatly enhances our ability to drive growth through expansion of our facility footprints in multiple s...
This past Wednesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its 2021 CMMC Forum to provide the government contracting (GovCon) and federal sector’s members his overview and vision of the CMMC Rollout as well as the top priorities for the board and how industry feedback will help to improve the vision behind how the organization develops for the...
