Intelligent Artifacts has hired Mike Edwards, a former Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) executive, to serve as chief growth officer and drive the startup’s business growth initiatives. Edwards will bring over three decades of experience in defense and government contracting to his new post and will now focus on ...
Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky will start trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BKSY” following the completion of its merger with blank check company Osprey Technology Acquisition (NYSE: SFTW) that was first announced in February. “We are looking forward to this next chapter a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 9, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will continue supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s operation of a classified data analytics technology under a $60 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 23. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a 2021 Wash10...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential five-year, $172.7 million contract to operate and sustain airborne sensor equipment for the Missile Defense Agency. The company will continue to help MDA maintain systems, plan missions, conduct flight tests and modernize technologies of the agency’s High Altitude Observatory platform, ...
In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Dana Barnes, senior vice president of public sector at Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, about zero trust and cloud capabilities, the impact of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on the federal workforce and training, the ...
An industry team led by L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential 10-year, $343 million contract to design a telecommunications network for an Australian government-owned air navigation service provider. L3Harris said Tuesday it will lead a consortium tasked with planning and designing an integrated enterprisewide system for Airservi...
Communications & Power Industries has agreed to acquire L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE: LHX) ESSCO business for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand CPI’s portfolio of ground-based radomes for defense and government agency clients. Massachusetts-based ESSCO manufactures ground-based metal space frame radomes supporting air defen...
The head of the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office will keynote a Sept. 16 virtual forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to kick off a half-day event about ongoing government and industry efforts to develop fifth-generation wireless communications technologies. Jay Dryer was appointed to the SCO director post in January ...
Five companies secured spots on a potential $556 million U.S. Navy contract with a ceiling value of $800 million to deliver technical support for the Office of Chief of Naval Operations’ information technology department. Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), CACI International (NYSE: CACI), Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), ...
Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, has received a $736.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide military service branches and non-Department of Defense organizations with spare parts for the F-35 aircraft propulsion system. The contractor will also deliver F-135 engine modules, support equipment...
