Kerry Wisnosky, chief operating officer at Quantum Space, has been named president and CEO at the Rockville, Maryland-headquartered geostationary and cislunar payload transportation company. The 25-year space industry veteran will direct the company’s strategy amid preparations for the maiden deployment of its Ranger multi-purpose orbital tran...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary will manufacture 571 more Sidewinder infrared-tracking, short-range missiles under a $263.7 million production lot 23 contract modification for a U.S. Navy-led joint weapon procurement effort with the U.S. Air Force. The award to Raytheon Missiles & Defense represents exercised options for the suppl...
Peraton has received a potential five-year, $284 million task order to help the Defense Intelligence Agency use science and technology intelligence to provide foreign threat assessments and analysis for warfighters, policymakers, acquisition community customers and other key decision makers. The company said Thursday it will support DIA’s miss...
Columbia, Maryland-based iNovex has acquired cybersecurity company Secure Innovations as the Enlightenment Capital-backed software development services provider aims to position itself as a middle-market player in the defense and intelligence sectors. Secure Innovations CEO Doug Jeruzal will join the combined entity as a key leader with oversight of...
Suzanne Jones, formerly a senior director at BAE Systems, has been named vice president of business winning at nonprofit engineering innovation company Draper. She will lead Draper’s capture and proposal process restructuring efforts and brings 21 years of experience to her new position, the organization said Wednesday. Jones most recently ser...
Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer at HP Federal and vital participant in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, is a seasoned veteran of the government-serving technology space. He has nursed a fascination with engineering since he was a young child, taking after a lineage of mechanical engineers in his father and both grandfathers. H...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest trends in the world today, from generative AI to sophisticated cybersecurity, with a promise to transform the industry and society. While 84% of chief executives recognize AI’s importance in achieving their growth objective, most organizations are lagging behind the curve regarding AI and machine ...
The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program has been a top priority for the service branch in recent years — NGAD is one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s famed seven operational imperatives — but the effort has been somewhat shrouded in secrecy. As the Air Force formally moves forward with its selection process...
Jon Rucker’s penchant for being at the forefront of innovative technology development was sparked during his time as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech. He was drawn to aerospace engineering, which led him to a job post-college at Lockheed Martin, where he focused his efforts on the tactical part of the business, conducting highly complex engineeri...
Agile Defense, a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, has purchased XOR Security for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to broaden its cybersecurity offerings for defense and national security customers. XOR Security has been providing cybersecurity engineering and operations and virtual security operation center services designed to ensur...
