L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a five-year, $584 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce, engineer and repair a suite of tools intended for defending aircraft against electronic threats. The company will provide block cycle software development services for the Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite, t...
The government of Australia has selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as the preferred bidder for a multibillion dollar project to develop the country’s next-generation military satellite communications system. Lockheed said Monday it will work with a team of Australian companies to build the control and ground segments for the JP9102 military satc...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential one-year, $650.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the production and delivery of 15 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band ship sets. The Department of Defense said Thursday 11 of the lot 3 low-rate initial production NGJ-MB ship sets will go to the Navy and the rest...
Executive Mosaic is honored to feature Mark Caylor, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s mission systems sector, on the 2023 Wash100 list in recognition of his leadership in developing sensors, multidomain systems and other mission-critical technologies to support national security customers. This recognition is Caylo...
In light of recent advancements in autonomous technologies, the Department of Defense has made tremendous efforts to understand the role of these tools in warfighting operations and fully harness the benefits autonomy can provide. When implementing these technologies, cultivating a relationship between human operators and new technology is cruc...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 10 companies positions on a potential five-year, $249.8 million contract to provide equipment and support services for the military branch’s test and training range instrumentation systems. The vendors will provide remote ground stations, data processing and display systems, data collection systems, testing and troublesho...
The Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, better known as JADC2, has been an enigmatic and historically disparate effort across the defense landscape since its conception. But in 2022, the initiative took a little more shape as the DOD released its JADC2 strategy and implementation plan. Now, as JADC2 begins...
Tom Lash, a three-decade federal technology market veteran, has been named CEO of Annapolis Junction, Maryland-based IT contractor Meadowgate Technologies. He will be responsible for aligning the company’s strategy with the demand for system architectures and support services within the national security sector, Meadowgate said Monday. With La...
The Department of Defense plans to explore the potential behind generative artificial intelligence during an upcoming AI conference in June, following a wave of commercial developments in the area. Maynard Holliday, deputy chief technology officer for critical technologies within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer...
The global race for technological dominance is heating up, and the United States is targeting rapid technology innovation in what officials believe is a “decisive decade.” Executive Mosaic spoke with Dr. Aaron Weiner, director of the advanced systems and technology directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office, to better understand how the ...
