Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is necessary for any government contractor to do business with the Department of Defense and its associated agencies. Certification is required to ensure government contractors have stringent and resilient cybersecurity systems to protect vital U.S. information assets against hacking from hostile actors and...
Elbit Systems’ (Nasdaq: ESLT) U.S. subsidiary and a Textron (NYSE: TXT) business segment have partnered to build a prototype as part of their joint bid for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle development program. The Cottonmouth prototype from Textron Systems and Elbit Systems of America will be equipped with the IronVision sy...
Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), and private equity partner Silver Lake Partners will own approximately 52 percent of VMware (NYSE: VMW) once the latter’s spinoff is completed, CRN reported Monday. In mid-April, Dell Technologies announced plans to spin off its 81 percent ownership of VMware as part of efforts to...
Noblis has purchased McKean Defense and its two affiliates – Cabrillo Technologies and Mikros Systems – for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to broaden its impacts in the defense mission area and deliver new technologies and capabilities to customers. Amr ElSawy, president and CEO of Noblis and a two-time Wash100 awardee, and the...
Dr. William Kassler, a clinical and public health professional, has joined Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) as the company’s first U.S. government chief medical officer. He will oversee Palantir’s life sciences and public health teams across the company’s U.S. government and international business, Palantir said Monday. Shyam Sankar, chief o...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business unit has received a $318 million contract to help the Transportation Security Administration deploy equipment for the security screening of checked passenger bags at airports managed by the federal government. Raytheon Intelligence & Space will expand the fielding of baggage screening platforms to aro...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) has agreed to sell its integration platform-as-a-service business Boomi to investment firms Francisco Partners and TPG Capital for approximately $4 billion in cash. Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Dell, said in a statement published Sunday the proposed sale comes as the company decides to focu...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business has received a potential $234 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to update Blocks 1 and 2 of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to facilitate the integration of GPS Block III Follow-on satellite capabilities. The Space and Missile Systems Center obligated $2...
Chris Johnson, former president of Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) satellite systems business, has been appointed as senior vice president of space programs delivery at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), effective May 24. The new SVP will be responsible for leading and overseeing 1,900 employees who design, develop, integrate, test and deliver space platfor...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2021 — Concurrent Technologies Corp. will continue providing the U.S. Air Force with program management services and subject matter expertise to assist the service branch in managing its facilities and utility systems, ExecutiveBiz reported April 14. Work is covered by a $4.1 million modification to a previously awarde...
