In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Dr. Reggie Brothers, BigBear.ai’s CEO, 2021 Wash100 Award recipient and GovCon Expert, about the merger with GigCapital4 that will form BigBear, Inc. and take the company public, the partnership with UAV Factory, the advancement of artificial intelligence and emerging techno...
VTG has purchased Manassas, Virginia-based undersea warfare and unmanned system developer ASSETT in a deal that brings artificial technology applications to the former’s portfolio of naval systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and the acquired company will function as a center of excellence for product development within the ...
Rocket Lab USA started trading Wednesday on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “RKLB” after completing its merger with blank check company Vector Acquisition that was first announced in March. The transaction’s completion came days after shareholders at the Vector Capital-backed special purpose acquisition company approved the business combina...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and Ball Aerospace has won positions on a $200 million multiple-award contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop technologies to avoid a cyber attack on military avionics systems. The two companies will conduct research and development efforts with the goal of identifying and mitigating cyber vulnerabi...
Sharon O’Malley Burg, a federal information technology industry veteran and business consultancy executive, has joined the board of advisers of Reston, Virginia-based IT systems integrator Intelligent Waves. O’Malley Burg brings three decades of industry experience to IW’s board and will support its growth and market expansion initiatives,...
Chris Buffoni, former senior vice president of enterprise business operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Cherokee Nation Businesses’ government contracting arm as SVP for growth and performance. The nearly three-decade industry veteran will oversee growth strategies at Cherokee Federal in his new position, the company said Monday. At ...
Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks assessed the growing importance of chief data officers to the federal landscap...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) a $34.5 million other transaction authority agreement to develop a strategic weapons communications system prototype as part of increment two of the service’s Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal program. The award of a follow-on production contract could bring the total value of the ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has opened a new facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where its teams will work to deliver missile defense capabilities and strategic deterrent systems to government and military customers. The company said Monday the new building has advanced engineering, research laboratories and software development factories, and ...
Virgin Orbit and blank check company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NGCA) have agreed to merge that would result in the satellite launch services provider becoming a publicly traded company with an enterprise value of approximately $3.2 billion. The boards of directors of Virgin Orbit and NextGen have cleared the transaction and both parties ...
