Integration Innovation Inc. has secured a potential five-year, $150.7 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a prototype system for conducting hypersonic flight tests with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and sensors. The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and obl...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2021 — A partnership between Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and Busek completed hot-fire testing of a thruster system for the power and propulsion element Maxar is building for NASA’s lunar Gateway platform, ExecutiveBiz reported March 19. Busek said March 18 the solar electric propulsion subsystem of PPE spacec...
Armtec Defense Technologies and Chemring Group’s Kilgore Flares division have won spots on a potential $250 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture aerial decoys intended to defend military aircraft from infrared missile threats. USAF is procuring MJU-75/B countermeasure flares with the m...
Two Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business units have partnered with MetTel to pursue a Federal Aviation Administration contract for telecommunications and information management services intended to support National Airspace System operations. Raytheon said Monday its intelligence and space unit, Collins Aerospace business and MetTel aim t...
With a month left in the Wash100 voting season, more than 8,600 votes have been cast thus far to determine who the government contracting (GovCon) community believes will become the most significant executive of consequence to the federal sector for the rest of 2021 and in the years to come. The Wash100 Award is presented...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, is thrilled to announce Gen. Lloyd Austin, the new Secretary of Defense, as a recipient of the Wash100 Award for the first time. Gen. Austin has received the most celebrated and acclaimed award in all...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has dramatically advanced emerging technology that will significantly change elements of the security, defense, and intelligence apparatus across federal and industry sectors. AI will also play a crucial role on, near and above the future battlefields of our time. The risks and advantages of AI are so great that le...
The U.S. Air Force is seeking white papers under an open broad agency announcement that seeks to facilitate research and development in advanced manufacturing technologies to strengthen defense manufacturing capabilities. The Manufacturing Research and Technology Development BAA will have a ceiling value of $500 million and the service anticipates m...
Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), has been selected as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the first time in his more than 25 year career in the federal sector. Groen has earned his first Wash100 Award for leading JAIC...
The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers as it seeks to develop and transition next-generation technologies into warfighting capabilities that could help the service achieve cyber superiority. The Air Force Research Laboratory expects the Capabilities for Cyber Advancement broad agency announcement to have a ceiling value of appr...
