Traditional and nontraditional contractors play an essential role in the Department of Defense’s experimentation program aimed at testing dual-use applications of fifth generation wireless communications technology at military installations. Joseph Evans, who recently stepped down as principal director for 5G at the Office of the Under Secreta...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 10, 2021 — CAES and Astrobotic have formed a partnership through which the space robotics company will be provided with central flight control suites for use on its Peregrine and Griffin lunar landers, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 25. CAES will deliver GR712RC, a LEON3FT SPARC V8 flight control processor designed to provide...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the 2021 GAUGE Report and GovCon Expert, has published her latest article on Thursday as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. Koster provides insight into the Gauge Report’s findings that explore the best practices and benchmarks of the government contr...
Leaders from the Department of Energy, the U.S. Army and the Defense Information Systems Agency are set to give their perspectives on the cybersecurity aspect of national security programs in their keynote addresses at a Sept. 21 virtual event hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire). Puesh Kumar, acting ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 9, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will continue supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s operation of a classified data analytics technology under a $60 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 23. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a 2021 Wash10...
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a draft federal strategy to help U.S. government agencies implement zero trust principles in their enterprise security architecture in accordance with President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order. OMB said Tuesday the draft Federal Zero Trust Strategy establishes baseline technical and policy r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — BlueHalo aims to expand its technology offerings for national security customers with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities through its acquisition of Intelligent Automation Inc., ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 19. Commenting on the deal between the Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency update and maintain a web-based map data crowdsourcing platform under a five-year, $26.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 20. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a five-time...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug 30, 2021 — Kevin Coggins, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), urged U.S. space companies to consider incorporating the zero trust security model into space-based networks as more organizations increasingly rely on the domain, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 17. Breaking Defense reported Aug. 16 that Coggins links...
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
