L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has formed an innovation accelerator to pursue the development of new systems intended to help domestic and international defense clients address near-peer threats. The Agile Development Group is composed of 2,500 engineers, technicians, operations professionals and program managers that will focus on developing sen...
John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services (AFS), was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to AFS. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for John Goodman as one of your TEN votes to advocate for...
Smart manufacturing has become a high priority focus area for the U.S. Intelligence Community on the cusp of what is being coined as an industrial intelligence revolution. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence listed “materials and manufacturing” as a tier 1 tech domain in its S&T Investment Landscape, which outlines the I...
Two Six Technologies has purchased River Loop Security, which specializes in technical services meant to help customers protect internet of things and embedded devices. The two companies previously collaborated on programs in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and aim to continue joint technology development efforts, Two Six sa...
The U.S. Air Force is set to kick off a full and open competition for the second iteration of a contract vehicle aimed at updating test systems for munitions, electronic combat platforms, and command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. A presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov says the Air Forc...
Gregg Melanson, executive vice president and general manager of Illuminate, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Friday. He talked about the latest technology trends, Illuminate’s efforts with federal agencies to help the latter address innovation challenges and the company’s recent acquisitions that co...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential $3.2 billion contract to build a family of radars designed to help the U.S. Navy defend against hostile aircraft and various missile threats. The company said Thursday it will manufacture SPY-6 hardware in solid-state, rotating and fixed-face variants for installation on seven types of Navy s...
Steve Ratner, a more than two-decade human resources leader, will join Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) on May 2 to serve as senior vice president and chief HR officer. He will report to Mark Aslett, president and CEO of Mercury Systems and a previous Wash100 awardee, as he oversees talent recruitment and retention efforts and supports...
The U.S. Navy has selected the Remus 300 unmanned underwater vehicle from Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as the military service’s next generation small UUV program of record. HII photo The branch made the selection after a rapid prototyping initiative that ran for two years and will move the Lionfish SUUV program forward with UUV...
Maria Hedden, a defense and communications industry veteran with more than two decades of management experience, has joined Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) as chief operating officer. Hedden will be responsible for driving Comtech’s operational performance through production improvement, delivery scheduling and engineering initiative...
