Jackie Fendrock, who joined ECS in 2011, has been promoted to vice president of business development and operations at the Fairfax, Va.-based information technology services provider. She will be responsible for aligning ECS’ strategy with government market opportunities as well as manage its customer, partner and industry relationsh...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 3, 2018 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is part of a research team that is looking into a cognitive mechanism called dynamic replanning in an effort to build on the navigational algorithms of autonomous robotic swarms, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The lab said Monday the National Science F...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 2, 2018 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will work to provide research, development, test and evaluation services to Defense Department customers through its position on the potential $28B Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 21. The company said Sept. 20 it ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 2, 2018 ” A Boeing-led (NYSE: BA) industry group called “National Team-Engineering” is set to receive a contract from the Missile Defense Agency for support in the engineering and integration of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. MDA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 2, 2018 ” ECS Federal will provide computer vision engineering and machine learning services to the U.S. Army under a potential $78.8M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday fiscal 2018 budget for research, development, test and evaluation will fund the cost-plus-fixe...
The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to 12 companies to support the Department of Agriculture™s information technology modernization efforts under the second phase of the Centers of Excellence program. USDA serves as the first “lighthouse” agency for the CoE program and the Phase II awards came two months after ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 1, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has implemented an agile development approach to update the baseline software of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System used by the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 19. FlightGlobal reported Sept. 19 that the agile method has worked to help Raytheon introduce target...
Aerospace Corp. has received a one-year, $1.05B contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to support engineering and integration of national security space systems via a federally funded research and development center. Work covers planning, systems definition and technical specification operations, as well as user needs assessment, design alter...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 28, 2018 ” LMI has hired Sharon Hays, most recently a portfolio manager at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, to serve as a senior technical fellow who will work with Chief Technology Officer Sanjay Parthasarathy at the nonprofit firm’s research institute, ExecutiveBiz reported...
United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has won a potential eight-year, $250M contract to develop turbine propulsion, power and thermal systems for the U.S. Air Force. Pratt & Whitney will also demonstrate and transition the platforms under the first phase of USAF’s Advanced Turbine Technology for A...
