James Geurts, former acquisition chief of the U.S. Navy and a previous Wash100 awardee, and 35-year Air Force veteran Joseph Reynes, Jr. have been named advisory board members of technology company Epirus. They joined the board as Epirus aims to introduce technologies designed to help public and private sector clients to defend against electronic an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2021 — Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business has received a Missile Defense Agency award to participate in a program focused on the development and demonstration of a hypersonic missile interceptor meant to counter threats in the glide phase of flight, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 22. ̶...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney business will continue to maintain military fighter aircraft engines for domestic and foreign military sales customers under a $447.6 million contract modification from Naval Air Systems Command. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that contract work involves recurring sustainment effor...
Carolyn Duby, field chief technology officer and cybersecurity lead at Cloudera, said government agencies seeking to protect their systems from cyberattacks should recognize the importance of data and adopt artificial intelligence to glean insights from collected data. “AI speeds analysis and is particularly effective when agencies move from signa...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has expanded its intelligence and space business with the addition of SEAKR Engineering, a Centennial, Colorado-headquartered space electronics manufacturer it recently acquired for an undisclosed sum. Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, said in a statement published Monday there is an incre...
BlueHalo was awarded a $30.3 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to create a cloud platform that will be used for monitoring, identifying, targeting and engaging weapon system threats. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the contractor will conduct integration and assessment activities aside from developing a Command, Acquire, Trac...
A new McAleese & Associates report says major defense prime contractors recorded a 4 percent to 6 percent increase in sector profit during the third quarter of 2021. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the Q3 financial performance of Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYS...
Cognosante has booked a five-year, $200 million contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to perform Enrollment Resolution & Reconciliation, Form 1095-A data reporting services, G2xchange reported Tuesday. Falls Church, Virginia-based Cognosante said it will work on documents that provide CMS clients with information on their ...
Jay Jones, a retired U.S. Army colonel who supported the service’s Information Systems Software Center, has joined HighPoint as chief growth officer, responsible for spearheading efforts to expand the presence of the company’s digital services in the federal market. Jones’ military career includes work for the Office of the Directorate...
Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary has won a $478.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a thermal protection system intended to protect surface-to-surface hypersonic missiles from intense heat during flight. Dynetics will build the Hypersonic Thermal Protection System prototype and help the military branch conduct materials research, inspe...
