Marion Kennedy, a more than 25-year federal government and industry leader, has joined LMI as vice president of intelligence market. Pete Pflugrath, senior VP of markets and growth at LMI, said in a statement published Thursday said Kennedy’s hands-on experience in growing intelligence-related businesses in the private sector and supporting the de...
NASA has awarded a pair of contracts worth $253.4 million combined to General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation subsidiary and MagniX USA to develop and demonstrate electrified propulsion systems intended for commercial aircraft. The two companies will participate in the Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration project within a five-year period, ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, NASA and the Department of Homeland Security are among the federal agencies that have pursued initiatives to manage a blended workforce during the pandemic. With its 250,000-strong workforce, the DHS is no different from other institutions experiencing the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, DHS Chie...
Shaye Brotherton, senior principal of management advisory services at LMI, will lead a panel discussion at an Oct. 7 virtual forum to be hosted by the Potomac Officers Club. Brotherton joined the Tysons, Virginia-based nonprofit consulting firm in 2015 after a five-year career at Addx Corp. Earlier in her career, she worked at the U.S....
Anduril Industries has purchased Copious Imaging for an undisclosed sum to further expand its family of counter-unmanned aircraft systems and force protection platforms with the addition of the latter’s passive sensing technology. Copious Imaging is a Lexington, Massachusetts-based technology company that spun off from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory i...
Seven companies have secured positions on a potential five-year, $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for construction work primarily within the area of operations of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast. Gilbane Federal, Hensel Phelps Construction, The Korte Co., Mortenson Construction, ...
HawkEye 360 has received a potential five-year, $10 million contract to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in the detection, characterization and mapping of radio frequency emissions across large geographic areas. The company said Monday it will use its satellite constellation to collect RF energy data for use in analytics missions ...
Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has agreed to acquire Avalex Technologies for an undisclosed sum to expand its display offerings and mission processing capabilities and scale its avionics and mission systems business. Andover, Massachusetts-based Mercury said Monday it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year. Av...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business and Thales have been awarded $345.2 million in delivery orders to commence the full-rate production of tactical radio systems for the U.S. Army. The Army said Friday the orders fall under a pair of multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded prototype agreements worth $87.5 million combined to four companies to advance testing of next-generation rocket engines and improve the resiliency of upper stages, SpaceRef reported Friday. The command’s Launch Enterprise awarded the prototype projects to SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, R...
