L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has made an investment in Seasats to drive collaborative development and advance the production of the latter’s X3 autonomous surface vehicle designed for military and commercial applications. Daniel Gittsovich, vice president of corporate strategy and development at L3Harris, said in a statement published Wednesd...
Once Frank Whitworth began his duties as the eighth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, he asked his team what their desired goal was for the end state, or ultimate mission completion, of the organization. They replied with a resounding, ambitious answer: “GEOINT [or geointelligence] supremacy.” At first, Whitworth was a b...
Reston Virginia-based Octo has promoted Rob Albritton from senior director of the technology company’s artificial intelligence practice to a vice president position. In his new capacity, Albritton will continue to lead Octo’s strategy and vision for AI and machine learning and help grow its tech portfolio for the intelligence, health car...
ExecutiveBiz featured Michael Shrader, vice president of intelligence and innovative solutions at Carahsoft, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He discussed the opportunities in the government space as well as the procurement techniques and other keys to success for an emerging tech company seeking entry to the sector. Th...
Software, cloud and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are rapidly expanding in the public sector. As federal agencies migrate to the cloud, they’re looking to industry for all-encompassing products, services and systems that can help smooth the transition and accelerate their modernization journeys. Tamara Greenspan, group v...
NASA has awarded contracts to SpaceLink and the U.S. arm of Kongsberg Satellite Services to conduct studies aimed at exploring industry capabilities to provide commercial direct-to-Earth and lunar space relay communications and navigation services in support of Artemis lunar exploration missions. The space agency said Wednesday it awarded SpaceLink ...
Steve Shpock, formerly a vice president of Stellant Systems, has been elevated to the chief operating officer role at the defense electronics company. He has more than 35 years of radio frequency and microwave business experience and will be responsible for driving operational performance across Stellant-run manufacturing and engineering facili...
Al Maillet, formerly a vice president at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), has been appointed chief revenue officer at endpoint security company Lynx Software Technologies. He will report to Lynx CEO Tim Reed and manage strategic account management, sales and go-to-market functions in his new position, the company said Thursday. While at Mercury, Mail...
SilverEdge Government Solutions, a software company backed by private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired cloud services provider QVine in a deal aimed to complement SilverEdge’s software-as-a-service platform development work for defense and intelligence customers. The acquired company’s executive team will stay and ma...
Ken Asbury, former president and CEO at CACI International, accepted the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in October 2014. Asbury led CACI from February 2013 until his retirement in June 2019, a tenure that saw the company shift its focus to growing tech capabilities through multiple...
