ExecutiveBiz featured Cliff Gornto, senior vice president of business development at KBR, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He talked about the company’s past acquisitions and how they contributed to its portfolio, technical capabilities and customer value. Gornto also discussed KBR’s recent quarterly re...
Al Tadros, a more than three-decade space industry veteran, has assumed the chief technology officer post at Redwire (NYSE: RDW), succeeding Michael Snyder, who will now serve as technical fellow at the Florida-based aerospace manufacturer and space infrastructure technology company. Redwire said Tuesday Tadros’ transition from his recent role...
Sixteen small businesses have won spots on a five-year, $990 million contract to provide information and communication technology support to the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command. Army Contracting Command received 31 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Friday. Th...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to move past its tendency to “take orders” and instead shift towards a vision-driven approach as the department makes progress on its overarching modernization goals. “Inside the VA, as a government bureaucracy, our IT shop has an embedded DNA of taking orders, trying to meet those needs for...
The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen seven companies for a potential $271.9 million small business set-aside contract to provide augmentation or backup services to the agency’s automated aviation weather observing systems at U.S. airports. FAA named the awardees for the multiple-award weather observation services contract in a notice...
Christine Wang, a research and development professional with nearly two decades of experience, has been appointed director of the optics and photonics group at nonprofit organization Riverside Research. “At Riverside Research, we are doing research and working on technology at the lower technology readiness level (TRL). It can start from proof of ...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is shifting its workflow approach and prioritizing speed to close its pacing gap with other global powers in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment, according to NGA Chief Information Officer Mark Andress. “We’re moving away from a Continental U.S.-first, human-initiated, point-to-poin...
The Department of Energy is seeking information from state governments and tribal nations on how to best tailor a formula grant program aimed at boosting the climate change resilience of the U.S. power grid. The $2.5 billion modernization effort under the department’s Building a Better Grid Initiative stemmed from the Bipartisan Infrastructure...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2022 — SummIT Alliance, a joint venture between Redhorse and ITegrity, will provide federal customers with consulting services and technical tools in support of their efforts to develop emerging technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported. The contractor will offer the said support as part of its spot on the General Services A...
Laura Hooks, a nearly two-decade veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been appointed to succeed William Patterson as vice president and general manager of the ground systems line of business within the company’s mission systems unit. Patterson, who has been with General Dynamics for more than 19 years, will assist in Hooks’ leader...
