Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have received contract modifications worth at least $41 million each from the Missile Defense Agency to further develop their Glide Phase Interceptor designs for MDA’s regional hypersonic missile defense program. MDA exercised options on other transaction agreements awarded in Nove...
Sealing Technologies has named industry leaders Brandon Whalen, Jennifer Jenkins and Gene Dollarhide to its leadership team to serve as head of three mission areas as part of an updated structure meant to better support internal operations and advance cybersecurity mission. Whalen will serve as mission director of SealingTech’s security-enhanced i...
David Appel, most recently vice president of command and control digital solutions at Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business, has joined Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing arm as VP of national security, GovCon Wire has learned. He announced his move to Amazon Web Services in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In ...
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for proposals for the second iteration of a potential five-year, $1 billion contract vehicle to build and update test and evaluation systems for munitions, spectrum improvements, electronic combat and C5ISR platforms. Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum II is a multiple-award,...
Digital services company Ad Hoc has acquired Cascades Technologies for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its technological capabilities in support of federal agency customers. “Today, we’re taking another step toward expanding what we can offer the federal government so that we can have an even larger impact on how the government...
Shelley Mitchell, a 30-year defense and aerospace industry veteran, has joined immersive training systems provider C2 Technologies as senior vice president and general manager. In this role, she manages strategic growth initiatives, customer focus and corporate operations and oversees several programs, including Air University Leading Inclusively Vi...
Daniel Carroll, field chief technology officer for cybersecurity at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said the company created a seven-pillar model designed to help information technology leaders at federal agencies explain the principles of zero trust and their significance to cybersecurity initiatives. Carroll wrote that these seven pillars of a zer...
Shareowners in Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will receive a quarterly dividend of 55 cents from the company on Sept. 8. Raytheon said Monday its board of directors approved the payment to stockholders of record as of Aug. 19, 2022. The aerospace and defense contractor expects to return $20 billion of capital to shareholders in the...
Jason Proctor, advisory systems engineer for cyber resilience at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said government agencies looking to achieve cyber resilience should develop a strategy that takes into consideration data isolation and immutability. “In fact, isolation and immutability are essential techniques that can help agencies protect critical ...
Cliff Qualls was elevated to the role of vice president of readiness solutions, rotary wing and joint capabilities at CAE, where he previously served as director of rotary wing programs. According to his LinkedIn profile, Qualls held managerial positions at the former L-3 Communications and L3 Technologies company for over a decade before assuming r...
