Kristie Grinnell, an information technology industry leader, has joined DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) as senior vice president and chief information officer. She will report to Chris Drumgoole, executive VP and chief operating officer at DXC, as she oversees the company’s global IT strategy and operations, the company said Wednesday. Drumgoole said G...
Virgin Orbit has purchased a 17.5 percent stake in hyperspectral satellite imaging company Hypersat in a move to expand the California-headquartered launch services provider’s space business. California-based Virgin Orbit said Wednesday it made the investment to provide critical information to customers for use in various missions such as defe...
NuScale Power has agreed to merge with blank check company Spring Valley Acquisition (NASDAQ: SV) in a transaction that would take the Fluor-backed (NYSE: FLR) company public and help commercialize its small modular reactor technology. Fluor said Tuesday it has invested over $600 million in NuScale since 2011 and expects to own about 60 percent...
The U.S. Army has kicked off solicitations for a potential $93.6 million contract to acquire digital night vision technology as the service branch aims to transition to networked digital sensing. The Army said Wednesday in a SAM.gov notice it wants an open-architecture DNVT that combines night vision devices with sensors to support situational aware...
Kevin Kuhls, technical solutions architect at Forward Networks, said government agencies looking to safeguard information technology systems from cyberthreats and improve their zero trust architecture should have visibility into their networks and validate network behavior by using a digital twin. “A digital twin is a behaviorally accurate softwar...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has agreed to purchase Creative Systems and Consulting for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its federal information technology modernization capabilities. Creative has been delivering digital strategy, data analytics, cloud and infrastructure platforms and other digital transformation support to federal agencies sin...
Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has signed an all-cash deal to acquire Arizona-based US Digital Designs, a communications technology provider to the public safety sector. North Carolina-headquartered Honeywell said Monday the transaction’s value is 14 times the projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization at US Digital Desi...
Logen Thiran, president and CEO of Antenna Research Associates, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. He shared how ARA works to support customers in meeting mission objectives and talked about company growth areas and satellite communication capabilities. Here’s an excerpt from the interview wi...
Having millions and even billions of dollars recurring spending, the United States government and its federal agencies are known to be the world’s largest buyer of products and services. The federal government buys almost everything they need from big and small businesses. To quickly obtain their needs, the federal government made government c...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a potential five-year, $82 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop equipment and software for defending against small unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Monday it will also provide technology maintenance and deployment services to USAF’s counter-sUAS o...
