The U.S. Air Force has awarded Canadian Commercial Corp. a seven-year, $70 million contract to extend contractor logistics support to electro-optical infrared sensors installed on the branch’s AC-130 gunship fleet. The firm-fixed-price contract to CCC will include field-level repair, troubleshooting and operator familiarization training servic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 30, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will continue providing three international defense and intelligence customers with access to the company’s 30 cm-class satellite imagery after it secured $100 million in contract extensions, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 22. The company also announced a second commitment to gai...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2021 — A team from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has completed the system requirements review of the Next Generation Interceptor under a Missile Defense Agency contract awarded in March, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 21. The NGI team will now proceed to initial system design, additional...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will work on the development, test and delivery of two six-foot-long robotic arms to the Defense Innovation Unit for use during in-space assembly activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 21. “Robotics will play a key role in humankind’s further development of space, and Maxar loo...
Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and a previous Wash100 awardee, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. He tackled the company’s second quarter results and growth strategy, and talked about new market opportunities for customers, the Department of Defense’...
Shareholders at blank check company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NGCA) approved Tuesday the proposed merger with Virgin Orbit and both parties expect the transaction to close before the end of December. The combined entity will adopt the name Virgin Orbit Holdings and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “VORB” upon closing of the...
A $770 billion defense policy bill that President Joe Biden signed into law Monday requires the Department of Defense to come up with a digital health strategy for distributed ledgers and other emerging technology, The Block reported Tuesday. The fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act directs the DOD secretary to find ways to incorporat...
Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business has secured an $87 million contract to help the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office update information technology applications that support the agency’s trademark filing and registration process. Accenture Federal Services will assist the USPTO Office of the Chief Information Officer in efforts ...
Military radar testing company Giga-tronics has agreed to acquire Gresham Worldwide, a BitNile Holdings subsidiary that manufactures electronic systems for defense applications, as part of a share exchange agreement. Giga said Tuesday it will combine its operations with Gresham to form an independent public company that will offer radio frequency an...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $250 million award that increases the potential value of its contract with the U.S. Air Force to incorporate baseline engineering changes into the StormBreaker glide bomb system baseline. The sole-source contract calls for Raytheon Missiles and Defense to design, develop, integrate, test and engineer ...
