Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has started a new business with the goal to help military customers build directed energy and high-energy laser weapon systems. HELworks is using modular architecture to produce size, weight and power-optimized directed energy systems and has three platforms in its portfolio of offerings, Booz Allen said Monday. The n...
William LaPlante, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has signed a waiver allowing DOD to accept lots 13 and 14 deliveries of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet. “Acceptance of the aircraft is necessary for national security interests,” LaPlante sa...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a $532.9 million contract modification to continue design, development research and lead yard support services associated with the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines. Contract work will occur at Electric Boat’s facilities in Groton, Connecticut, and Newport...
Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., became the first female recipient of the Technology Good Scout Award and accepted the recognition from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in November 2021. “From Cub Scouting to Venturing to Sea Scouting to Exploring to STEM Scouting, these inclusive opportu...
Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), recently accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the department’s headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia. Executive Mosaic has recognized&n...
Cybersecurity has become the latest frontier in national security with the expansion and proliferation of the digital environment in recent decades. Today, cyber is also an emerging and important component of warfighting, and the U.S. government has placed a high priority on better protecting our critical information, data and cyber assets as the th...
ExecutiveBiz featured Mike Tocci, president of Paperless Innovations, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about how partnerships enable the company to provide oversight and automation in support of Government Purchase Cards programs. The Q&A also discussed Paperless’ key missions and growth efforts as...
BAE Systems has secured a five-year, $383 million contract to help maintain the U.S. Army’s fleet of infantry fighting vehicles and rocket launcher carriers. The contract covers technical and sustainment support for Bradley IFVs and M993 Multiple Launch Rocket System carriers of the M270 MLRS armored launcher, BAE said Wednesday. Work will occ...
This October is Cybersecurity Awareness month, and the federal government is taking multiple actions to better inform, prepare and protect Americans in the face of rising cyber threats. In a Sep. 30 proclamation, President Biden encouraged not only government and industry organizations, but also American citizens to employ measures like enablin...
Pegasystems (Nasdaq: PEGA) has formed a government-focused entity to help address compliance and product requirements in the U.S. federal civilian and defense sectors. Pega Government has the Department of Justice as its initial sponsor and will develop and deliver all cleared work for agencies and support customers and their partners that are opera...
