ExecutiveBiz featured Jim Schwenke, vice president of business development at SpaceLink, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He tackled the company’s data relay system, medium Earth orbit and hybrid architecture capabilities and talked about its new headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. Schwenke also discussed his mi...
Craig McCullough, former senior vice president of BeyondTrust’s public sector business, has been appointed to the same position at San Francisco-based digital and cloud technology provider Riverbed | Aternity. McCullough will aim to strengthen Riverbed | Aternity’s business relationships with government clients across information technol...
Michael Bloomberg, founder and CEO of media conglomerate Bloomberg and former mayor of New York City, has been nominated by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to serve as chair of the Defense Innovation Board. He will lead a group of leaders and experts to provide recommendations and advice on technology and innovation to help the Department...
The U.S. Army has released a request for proposals for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle follow-on contract worth potentially $7.3 billion over 10 years and set April 12 as the bid submission deadline for the recompete opportunity. JLTV is a joint program of the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps that seeks to support multiple...
The joint venture of Axient and Metis Technology Solutions will help a U.S. Space Force unit carry out a safety program at various satellite launch sites under a potential $53.5 million contract. Metis Technology Partners will help USSF’s Space Launch Delta 45 to manage hazardous and safety operations as part of the single-award Pad Safety...
Susan Case, a four-decade industry veteran, has joined technical services contractor TekSynap as vice president of intelligence programs. Her career has included business development leadership work at multiple companies that serve the defense and intelligence sectors, TekSynap said Wednesday. Case held BD positions at Solerity, Eagle Ray, L3 Techno...
Google’s cloud business has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to move its Secure Cloud Management platform into the production phase and implement the offering across DIU. The SCM offering, which Google Cloud developed with Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), adopts the zero trust approach and works to enable DIU users to gain...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 10, 2022 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) provided push-to-talk handsets and satellite connectivity in support of a U.S. Army Reserve program aimed at identifying, safeguarding and preserving cultural heritage sites in Honduras, ExecutiveBiz reported. Commenting on the company’s work on the Monuments Officers p...
Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse, has been selected to the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most significant contributors in the government contracting sector — for the sixth consecutive year. “As our business continues to grow, I am grateful for the exceptional team we’ve built. Guidehouse is home to great talent,...
The Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business has released a playbook that advances a change in acquisition approach and mindset to ensure that the defense acquisition system can maintain its advantage over strategic competitors like Russia and China. The document proposed an “Acquisition Next” m...
