The U.S. Air Force is seeking a contractor to support research and development of space domain awareness technologies through a potential $176 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. A solicitation notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov says the Advanced Space Technology Research and Optimization program will support the mission at the ...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business has secured a potential five-year, $1.68 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to provide modernization, activation and sustainment support for Total Ship Computing Environment infrastructure and mission systems of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. Raytheon Missiles & Defense will also provide no...
David Egts, chief technologist of Red Hat’s North America Public Sector organization, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. GovCon Expert David Egts discussed the three core elements to keep at the forefront of defense customers as they work to implement open-source software and address...
John Avalos and Ted Fidder, respectively former executives at SOS International and CACI International (NYSE: CACI), have been appointed to leadership positions at Chantilly, Virginia-based systems engineering company Arcfield. Arfield said Wednesday Avalos will serve as chief growth officer while Fidder will be chief technology officer and they wil...
ExecutiveBiz featured Milad Bahrami, senior vice president and general manager for government health and safety solutions at Leidos, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about talent recruitment and retention in the federal sector, Leidos’ efforts in support of the community as well as his objectives ...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has made a strategic investment in Blackshark.ai, a provider of geospatial analytics services powered by artificial intelligence, as part of efforts to bring additional 3D geospatial products to more markets and customers. “We’re excited to partner with Blackshark.ai to extend our geospatial analytics offering and...
Jeff Babione, a nearly three-decade veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been named chief operating officer of Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s space subsidiary. He joins Sierra Space from his prior role as vice president and general manager at Lockheed’s Advanced Development Programs – also known as Skunk Works, the SNC subsidiary said Wednes...
Six companies have received $278.5 million in agreements from NASA to build and demonstrate space communication services as the agency moves to decommission its fleet of near-Earth satellites. Inmarsat’s U.S. government arm, Kuiper Government Solutions, SES Government Solutions, Telesat U.S. Services, SpaceX and Viasat are expected to complete dev...
JS Global has acquired Washington, D.C.-based contractor Atlantic Design Group for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand its construction market footprint. ADG provides design-build services to federal clients at both domestic and international locations, JS Global said Wednesday. Maryland-headquartered JS Global operates as a portfolio company of ...
Kelly Morrison, a nearly 16-year federal service veteran and a former Grant Thornton executive, has rejoined information technology company HumanTouch to serve as a senior vice president. Morrison returned to the McLean, Virginia-based company almost 18 years after her initial job there focused on serving federal clients, HumanTouch said Tuesday. Sh...
