Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will manufacture additional prototypes of the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor under a three-year, $353.9 million contract. The military branch received two bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and obligated $104.8 million at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday...
With the threat of cyberattacks on the rise, the U.S. military is making cyber defense capabilities a top priority. The cyber domain of today is highly volatile; our adversaries are becoming more sophisticated in their cyber warfare tactics, and any vulnerability within an organization’s IT environment can and will be exploited. “We’re not...
Vincent Stewart, a 38-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a four-time Wash100 Award winner, will formally join the board of directors of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) on Friday. The retired USMC lieutenant general will serve as an independent director and as part of the board’s classified business and security committee, Lockheed said Tuesday. St...
George Batsakis CollabraLink Technologies, a Washington Harbour Partners portfolio company, has acquired Groundswell Consulting Group and changed its name to Groundswell as part of a rebranding effort. “The Groundswell name reflects our commitment to bringing an unstoppable, seismic technology change to government,” Groundswell CEO George Batsak...
A Bechtel-led entity has won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract from the Department of Energy to manage and operate the only domestic facility for disposal of defense-generated transuranic waste. DOE said Monday Tularosa Basin Range Services will oversee centralized characterization, transportation, experimental and testing and program support...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has canceled plans to acquire Israel-based spyware manufacturer NSO Group after negotiations drew opposition from the White House due to national security and counterintelligence concerns, The New York Times reported Sunday. NSO’s spyware, dubbed Pegasus, can hack the mobile phones of users to extract messages, ph...
ExecutiveBiz featured Kerron Duncan, director of technology for the chief information office with Northrop Grumman, in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about his over two decades of career at Northrop and the work his team is responsible for to meet customers’ mission requirements. The Q&A also tackled ...
Peter Bruno, former senior manager of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance group at HII (NYSE: HII), has joined Concurrent Technologies Corp. as senior director of business development, CTC said Thursday in a LinkedIn post. Prior to his one-year HII tenure, Bruno served as practice lead for engineering and logistics at Solutions Through...
Dan Jablonsky, CEO of Maxar Technologies and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about the company’s goal of expanding its market position in space and Earth intelligence sectors and the recent contract wins that continue its long-term partnership with the U.S. gove...
The board of directors for the Association of the U.S. Army has nominated Christopher Kubasik, vice chair and CEO of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), and Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, to serve as directors on the board. AUSA said Tuesday Kubasik would succeed William Brown, who...
