Metron will provide undersea mission autonomy software development and applied research investigation support services for the U.S. Navy under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The company said Thursday the contract with the Office of Naval Research covers mission simulation, algorithm research and development, objective planning, system-level perform...
Shield AI, an artificial intelligence-focused aerospace and defense technology company, closed its Series E round after raising an additional $60 million in funding from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund to support the development of its AI pilot for military and commercial aircraft. The new capital brings the total value of the company’s fi...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 92 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to come up with innovative approaches to advance the development of multidomain systems. The Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is the contracting activity and received 94 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/i...
Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has won a potential $1.3 billion contract from the U.S. Army to build its V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the service branch’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program. The Army said Monday FLRAA will replace the branch’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and the initial contract will cover the delivery of virtu...
John Kem, a retired U.S. Army major general, has been named director of business development at Dewberry’s federal practice. His new role entails support of government clients such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and he will work from a company office in Fairfax, Virginia, Dewberry said Friday. The 35-year Army veteran previously led...
Enlightenment Capital has invested in iNovex, a Columbia, Maryland-based provider of software development platforms focused on signals intelligence, cybersecurity, robotic process automation and data analysis for federal government, intelligence community and commercial clients. Gary Daigle, CEO of iNovex, said in a statement published Wednesday Enl...
Matt Veldhuis, a 22-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) as director of business development within the intelligence and space unit. He will oversee requirements and capabilities related to space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in his new position, according to a LinkedIn post publis...
Chris Montferret, a more than two-decade veteran at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business, was elevated to the role of vice president of strategy and business development for the maritime and strategic systems unit. In a LinkedIn post, he announced his executive move within General Dynamics Mission Systems and welcomed the oppo...
David Rubal, formerly a senior technical business development manager within the worldwide public sector business of Amazon Web Services, has received a promotion to lead U.S. federal business development for AWS storage services. In a LinkedIn post published Saturday, Rubal wrote that he will lead a team of BD managers and subject matter experts re...
Kevin Chlan, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, has joined Anduril Industries as director of business development for mission systems integration, he announced in a LinkedIn post. Before transitioning to his civilian career, Chlan was with the office of the chief of naval operations, where he served as director of Next Generation Air Dominance requi...
