NASA and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have agreed to jointly develop and test systems that can support the use of unmanned aircraft systems in air cargo operations and the rest of the country’s airspace. The collaboration falls under the Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles subproject under NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXpl...
Chicago-based private equity firm McNally Capital and Nio Advisors have invested in defense and national security company Xcelerate Solutions in a transaction that will enable the latter to expand its offerings in enterprise security, digital transformation and strategic consulting areas and offer career development opportunities to its employees. X...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will compete for task orders to engineer systems and perform technical work for the Federal Aviation Administration through the company’s prime position on a potential 10-year, $2.3 billion contract vehicle. The FAA’s Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions program cons...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected in a unanimous ruling the Biden administration’s mandate that requires COVID-19 vaccination and face masks for employees working on federal contracts, Bloomberg Law reported Friday. A panel of three judges from the federal appeals court in Ohio ruled that the U.S. president lacks the statuto...
Andrew Shinskie, formerly vice president of business development and strategic growth for the Department of the Navy programs at Aeyon, has transitioned to a new role as VP of Navy and federal civilian agencies growth at the data analytics services company, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He will oversee Aeyon’s business devel...
Tom Ballenger, a U.S. Army veteran and former deputy director of science and technology at U.S. Special Operations Command, has been appointed vice president of the unmanned aerial systems group at Berry Aviation. He will oversee the development of drone capabilities, including emerging threat replication, cargo services and intelligence, surveillan...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has begun development work on an active electronically scanned array radar for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday the AN/APG-85 AESA system is a multifunction sensor that will be compatible with all F-35 variants designed to provide warfighters situational aw...
Six companies have landed spots on a potential three-year, $45 million contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency deliver medical cargo to government mission locations outside the continental U.S. DLA solicited offers to the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for medical freight transportation services among participants in the Depa...
David Zolet, a three-decade government technology industry veteran and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined Oasis Technology & Engineering, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, as CEO. He succeeds the retiring Tom Colatosti, who will continue to serve on the board of Oasis T&E as chairman, the company said Wednesday. Colato...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency expects to meet with interested vendors at the end of January to discuss a planned multiple-award blanket purchase agreement for digital transformation support services. CISA is looking to issue an estimated five-year, $200 million BPA to procure technology and service offerings for the agencyR...
