Identity verification services provider Aware is set to demonstrate its portfolio of biometric identification tools for law enforcement at the forthcoming IACP Tech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among the products to be exhibited is AFIX Tracker, a single multimodal platform designed to provide automated facial recognition, fingerprint and latent print identification capabilities, Aware […] More

NASA awarded contracts to 12 companies under the Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity to help advance its Moon to Mars mission objectives. The space agency said Wednesday it chose 16 proposals focused on space component and equipment development, design, manufacturing and testing. As part of the unfunded Space Act agreements, NASA will share its facilities and […] More

Intelsat has launched its IS-40e communication satellite to the geostationary orbit aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket to deliver space-based, high-speed connectivity to commercial aviation, mobility and network service clients in North America. The satellite, manufactured by Maxar Technologies, started transmitting and receiving signals after lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Intelsat […] More

Activity in the Wash100 Award popular vote contest is abuzz this week as we enter the second half of the race. Some executives have regained the leads they had in the early going, while other fresher faces are steadily making their way up the top 30. It’s becoming a more exciting race by the day, only […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to name Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient.  The Wash100 is a list compiled annually by Executive Mosaic of the most influential and impactful executives working in the government contracting sector. Wash100 Award winners represent the best and brightest minds in GovCon, and they gain […] More

Baird’s fifth annual Government & Defense Conference hosted government officials and industry representatives from the federal sector to discuss current trends and future business strategies and opportunities in the government contracting industry. On Thursday, previous Wash100 Award recipients John Mengucci of CACI International, Jonathan Moneymaker of BlueHalo, Byron Bright of KBR and Tony Frazier of […] More

Michael McCord, comptroller of the Department of Defense; John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI; Byron Bright, president of government solutions at KBR; and Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, are some of the government and industry leaders set to participate in Baird‘s Government & […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS is introducing cloud computing tools and other technologies to meet the space industry’s need for data processing capabilities, SiliconANGLE Media reported Wednesday. “Decision-makers need to make real-time decisions,” Crosier, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, told the publication in an […] More

Seventeen companies and the National Security Space Association have forged an alliance to fundraise for humanitarian aid and relief efforts to help people in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. The Space Industry for Ukraine consortium said Tuesday it has raised almost $1 million to date and aims to deploy medical and food supplies, mobile refugee clinics […] More

Motiv Space Systems has teamed up with Blue Origin in an effort to help the Department of Defense develop a robotic system to repair, update or modify deployed satellites. The team will offer the ModuLink system composed of interfaces, sensors and a pair of robotic arms to a prototyping initiative managed by the Defense Innovation […] More

The Dual-Use Technology in Space Defense Forum hosted by ExecutiveBiz Events on Tuesday featured distinguished speakers from government and industry who convened to discuss the opportunities, challenges and priorities related to space technologies which have both commercial and military application, as well as the implications these dual-use technologies have on the future of U.S. space systems. William […] More

On Tuesday, ExecutiveBiz Events hosted its Dual-Use Technology in Space Defense Forum, which gathered defense agency and industry officials for a dynamic discussion of how technologies with both commercial and military applications can accelerate the country’s space capabilities, better position the U.S. in the race for space dominance and support a resilient, viable industrial base in […] More