NASA has awarded eight U.S. firms a total of $4M to investigate concepts that will aid existing and future space transmission systems. The goal of their five-month research period is to gain data that will assist near-Earth missions that are scheduled to begin in the mid-2020s. The agency said Thursday that it plans to develop...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 17, 2019 ” Siemens‘ New Jersey-based central research and development unit will collaborate with the Department of Energy to develop a system that will work to manage distributed energy resources under a $6.4M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Ulrich Muenz and Sindhu Suresh of Siemens Corporate Technology, a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2019 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) collaborated with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to utilize open source architecture, DevSecOps practices and an Agile methodology for the development and deployment of updates for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported May 7. The open source solutions provider said...
Chris Raymond, who most recently served as vice president and general manager of autonomous systems at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, has been appointed VP for enterprise strategy at the Chicago-based company, Reuters reported Wednesday. He reports to the company™s finance, enterprise performance and strateg...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) won a spot on a potential five-year, $982M contract vehicle to develop technology platforms for U.S. Army cyber and electronic warfare missions. The multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity covers the development of software and hardware to support the military service™s program executive office fo...
The U.S. Army has awarded a Dynetics-led industry team a potential $130M contract to build and demonstrate a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapons system. Dynetics said Wednesday its partners for the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator program are Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Rolls-Royce and MZA Associates. “High energy laser weapo...
Mike Barthlow has become senior vice president and general manager of Rugged IoT Solutions for Cubic Mission Solutions. Barthlow brings over 20 years of experience to his new role. He™s responsible for the growth and management of secure networking businesses for the company. Barthlow has also served as the vice president and general manager of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2019 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) recently worked with the Missile Defense Agency, Boeing (NYSE: BA) and other companies to demonstrate an intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile target performed by the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, ExecutiveBiz reported May 3. Jacobs, under the Integrate...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2019 ” Christopher Donaghey, senior vice president for corporate development at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), joined the board of advisers at Applied Energetics, a manufacturer of directed-energy weapons, ExecutiveBiz reported May 3. Donaghey, a former corporate strategy executive at KeyW (Nas...
ASRC Federal NetCentric has secured a potential five-year, $100M contract to provide service transition support for global mission critical systems being used by the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. The company said Tuesday its NetCentric subsidiary will help the bureau’s Office of Consular Systems and Technology manage the...
