SAP National Security Services has acquired signals intelligence and engineering services contractor Technology Management Associates for an undisclosed sum in a move to broaden its footprint in the intelligence community and advance the delivery of platforms to the federal government. SAP NS2 said Tuesday it completed the acquisition on April 30 an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 14, 2018 ” An Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform will be used by CIA to perform open-source intelligence and big data experiments in partnership with industry experts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The agency aims to partner with companies for the five-year Mesa Verde project that will use the C2S unclassified cloud...
Adam Marks, formerly vice president of strategy and corporate development at Thales Group, has joined Maxar Technologies™ (NYSE: MAXR) SSL subsidiary, as chief strategy officer. Marks will oversee the development of new partnerships and markets and seek new business opportunities for space systems and communications platforms in support of gove...
Robert Lightfoot, a 29-year NASA veteran and former acting administrator of the space agency, has been appointed to serve as president of LSINC. “His forward-thinking and consensus-building leadership style brings a new dimension to how we can work with those we serve,” Alicia Ryan, LSINC CEO, said in a statement released Wednesday....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UfF121mFiQ Defense One’s Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber explains what we know so far about an experimental U.S. military project using artificial intelligence. The program’s name: Project Maven. // Written and narrated by Marcus Weisgerber; produced by Ben Watson....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has entered into a partnership with Virsec in an effort to provide customers in the global government and critical infrastructure sectors access to commercial cybersecurity technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Virsec’s Trusted Execution platform will leverage Ra...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcVK7awgFw The Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) program successfully completed a final helicopter flight demonstration with autonomous capability at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. A 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy nominee, AACUS is a partnership between the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and technology c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2018 ” An executive from PAE has received a CIA award in recognition of his work with customers in the intelligence community, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Warren Stembridge, executive vice president of the intelligence business at PAE who worked at CIA for 32 years, was awarded the Distinguished Career I...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOYleXm3hEM Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) with Special Boat Team 20 personnel execute the insertion of two Combatant Craft Assault (CCA) vehicles using the Low Velocity Airdrop Delivery System (LVADS) from a C-17 cargo aircraft during a training exercise. Factual, impartial and current. AiirSource bri...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) is working to accelerate its effort to build the 11th and 12th Wideband Global Satcom satellites using the $600 million that Congress allotted for the program in the 2018 Defense Department budget, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Space News reported Wednesday that Rico Attanasio, d...
