As the U.S. Air Force continues its aggressive pursuit of modernization and prepares for the future fight, the head of the service wants to put words into action and get meaningful military capabilities into the hands of warfighters faster than ever before. “I’m not very interested in experimentations or demos. I’m prepared to accept r...
The space divisions of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) have received 10-month contracts to study spacecraft designs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Extended Observations program with NASA. NASA awarded $5 million to each contractor to conduct concept development and technology...
In today’s federal contracting landscape, data is one of the most important and useful assets an organization can leverage. Data coming from multiple endpoints, sources and sensors can provide agencies with critical insights into business processes, IT environments, security and more — if harnessed properly. Top-level government and industry exe...
Aydin Mohtashamian, a more than two-decade aerospace and defense sector veteran, has joined mission computing technology provider Parry Labs as chief operating officer. He brings experience in digital transformation, large-scale systems integration, operational planning and execution and product development to his new position, the company said Mond...
John Karabias, vice president of strategic development at Jacobs, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. He talked about the upcoming launch of Divergent Solutions, a new operating unit that will be led by Caesar Nieves as executive vice president. Karabias also discussed his strategic goals and the company&#...
Frank Peloso, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been appointed senior vice president of human resources at Sierra Nevada Corp. He will manage the development and implementation of SNC’s people strategy, talent acquisition, learning and development, benefits and total reward, inclusion, diversity and equity programs and other HR-relate...
The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary and HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to perform shipbuilder engineering and design analysis for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer program. The contractors will come up with design products in support of preliminary and contrac...
The British defense ministry is working with BAE Systems and three other companies to develop a next-generation fighter demonstrator platform and expects to fly the aircraft model within the next five years. BAE leads an industry team composed of Leonardo, Rolls-Royce and MBDA in efforts to provide the U.K. military a piloted supersonic test vehicle...
General Dynamics’ information technology business will provide data integration and cloud migration support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a potential five-year, $65 million contract. GDIT said Thursday it will support CMS’ Integrated Data Repository by providing Agile development and transformation services and deliver ...
James Yeager, vice president of public sector and healthcare at CrowdStrike, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He shared how CrowdStrike’s recent acquisitions contribute to its portfolio and how the company works to balance organic engineering and product development with acquiring capabilities....
