Rebellion Defense has secured a U.S. Army award to continue boosting the capabilities of the company's penetration testing software under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III effort. Rebellion Nova will be enhanced further to provide the Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical with automated cyber red team testing. More

Leidos CEO Thomas Bell said the company is working on its “North Star” vision that would guide its strategic decisions as it approaches its first decade as an independent company. “The North Star isn’t going to be that suddenly we’re going to go 90 degrees left or 90 degrees right. The North Star is going […] More

Ken Campbell, former strategic growth director of national security engagements at Maxar Technologies, has been appointed as president of Israel-based Edgybees’ U.S. business arm. The software company said Wednesday the executive move comes amid efforts to expand the delivery of its georegistration software platform offerings outside its home country. In May, Edgybees Inc. was launched to meet […] More

Rolls-Royce veteran Thomas Bell has been selected by Leidos’ board of directors to succeed Roger Krone, a 10-time Wash100 Award winner, as CEO. Krone, who also serves as chairman of Leidos, will continue serving as chief executive until the transition goes into effect on the planned date of May 3, the Reston, Virginia-based company announced on Monday. “Tom’s exceptional track […] More

SOFWERX, an innovation platform co-founded by the U.S. Special Operations Command, granted Rebellion Defense a follow-on contract to gain extended access to an automated cybersecurity platform. The award follows a demonstration of Nova Software, a product designed to mimic cyber kill chains and other advanced persistent threats, Rebellion said Tuesday. Nova employs Mitre’s ATT&CK knowledge […] More

Systecon North America has received a contract from Textron’s Bell subsidiary to provide in-service support for the latter’s helicopter platforms through its Opus Suite offering, ExecutiveBiz has learned. The selection of Systecon’s Opus Suite comes as Bell works to optimize its fleet of helicopters and advances its transition to a leaner supply system in support […] More

Terran Orbital has been granted a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin following its entry into a note and warrant purchase agreement with the defense contractor and is planning to use the funding to expand its advanced satellite product manufacturing capabilities. The partnership aligns with a new strategic cooperation agreement that will provide Lockheed with […] More

Government infrastructure builder Conti Federal Services has received a $140.9 million contract award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of an aircraft facility at a U.S. Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The firm-fixed-price contract tasks Conti Federal’s team with constructing a structure customized to house various aircraft maintenance processes at Francis E. […] More

Dean Bellamy, executive vice president of national security space at Redwire, said the government should prepare for “maneuver warfare” in the space domain by advancing the development of more agile and resilient satellites. Bellamy, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on SpaceNews that satellites are critical to U.S. […] More

Rebellion Defense, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology for defense and national security applications, has secured $150 million in a Series B funding round that gave it a $1 billion valuation, Axios reported. The report said Declaration Partners, Innovation Endeavors and Lupa Systems participated in the fundraising activity that was co-led by venture capital firms […] More

A Textron subsidiary has handed over additional AH-1Z aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the 100th consecutive on-time delivery of the twin-engine attack helicopter under a production contract with the service branch. Bell Textron started the aircraft delivery almost four years ago and is expected to manufacture the H-1 helicopter series consisting of AH-1Z […] More

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that Jay Bellissimo,  chief operating officer for Vonage, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and success driving company growth and advancing innovation in cloud communications and other key technologies. This marks the first-time that Bellissimo has received the government contracting (GovCon) sector’s most prestigious award.

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