Lockheed Martin has received a pair of contract options worth $130.5 million combined to produce an additional eight simulators for the U.S. Air Force‘s Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 2 program. The award represents the third and fourth options on the ARTS-V2 development and test contract, which has a cumulative face value of $589.8 mill...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer of Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest piece, GovCon Expert Mick Fox provided an in-depth look into the foundational stage of maturity and the critical ways that contracting organizations are building their success with CL...
Emily Ringer, a 25-year GovCon industry veteran, has been named chief human capital officer at SilverEdge Government Solutions. She will lead SilverEdge’s human resources, communications and talent development while overseeing workforce development and strategic planning efforts, the company said Thursday. SilverEdge CEO Robert Miller said Ringer...
Quantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT) has closed its acquisition of QPhoton as part of efforts to launch and extend its full-stack quantum systems to government defense and security, fraud detection, underwriting and supply chain markets. QCI said Thursday it will combine its Qatalyst computational software with QPhoton’s quantum photonic system u...
Craig Faller, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has joined the board of advisers of Sigma Defense Systems. Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones said in a statement published Thursday that Faller brings to the advisory board his vision for integrating capabilities, operational concepts and technology and provide strategic guidance on the company’s platforms and...
As the U.S Army continues to invest in the most innovative digital technologies to adapt to the current era of modernization, the service branch has released a new Digital Transformation Strategy to build a bridge from today to the data and technology-centric Army of the future. Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and a...
Shareholders at Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) approved Wednesday the company’s proposed combination with Vertex and both parties expect the transaction to close in the third quarter of 2022. The combined entity will adopt the name V2X and trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “VVX” upon the deal’s closing, Vertex said Wednes...
ExecutiveBiz featured Mike Loomis, general manager of federal business at Nokia, in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He talked about his career with Nokia and the company’s growth initiatives in the federal space. The Q&A also tackled the government agencies’ efforts to implement the latest technology trends ...
Griffon Aerospace, a Madison, Alabama-based small business, will deliver unmanned aircraft system targets to the U.S. Army under a four-year, $401.8 million firm-fixed-price contract. The aerospace product manufacturer was also tasked to provide the service branch with aerial target support equipment and services, training and mission payload system...
SEMPRE, a 5G service and edge computing company founded by a U.S. Air Force veteran, has acquired NewSpace Networks in a strategy to offer integrated technology products that can support multidomain wireless communications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed and SEMPRE said Wednesday it plans to expand its Private 5G platform, whi...
