The U.S. Navy has awarded Valkyrie Enterprises a $13 million contract to perform maintenance and other technical services in support of its Explosive Ordnance Disposal Voyage Repair Team. The award is Valkyrie’s second contract from EOD and will also involve logistics and technical failure diagnosis for its Group Two small boats and supporting equipment, the […] More

Intel has been selected to participate in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to develop cryptography tools for safeguarding integrated computing systems from cyberthreats. The company said Wednesday it will work with the University of California, San Diego to test and demonstrate the Cryptographic Capability Computing memory safety mechanism as part of the Hardening […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight teams for a new program that aims to develop practical tools and approaches to anticipate and mitigate emergent behaviors of modern computer systems that can pose vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. DARPA said Thursday the three-phase Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines program seeks to enhance […] More

The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have equipped the Air National Guard’s F-16 fighter jets with fifth-generation radar capabilities through the installation of the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar system. The Northrop-built APG-83 SABR active electronically scanned array radar provides greater bandwidth that could enable F-16 pilots to detect, identify and track targets at […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $68.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver services and materials to the U.K. in support of its strategic systems programs. The contractor’s space business will provide engineering, technical support services and deliverables needed for the U.K. Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, the Department of Defense said Friday. Contract requirements […] More

Neal Frick, chief executive officer of CyberCore, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his recent appointment as the company’s new CEO and his focus to drive the company into new growth opportunities.  In addition, Frick also discussed Cybercore’s recent company wide realignment to provide a new structure for its workforce and the challenges of maintaining the […] More

Larry Gwaltney, CEO of Federal Resources, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss the acquisition of the company by Noble as well as the merging with TSSi to benefit their collective customers with greater access to integrated systems, data analytics and more. In addition, Gwaltney also discussed the company’s […] More

Bruce Caswell, president and chief executive officer of Maximus, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how the company has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as enhancing workforce support, developing new technologies and supporting employment services. Additionally, Caswell discussed investments in new technologies, as well as where Maximus will head in 2021. 

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Peraton has been awarded a $56 million task order by the U.S. Space Force's Commercial Satellite Communications Office to provide satcom services to U.S. Central Command, the company announced Thursday. 

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SEAKR Engineering and Scientific Systems Company Inc. have begun to prepare for risk reduction demonstration flights under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that explores potential satellite technology advancements in low-Earth orbit.

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Alison Paris, former director of talent acquisition strategy and operations at CACI, has joined Peraton as vice president of talent acquisition.

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The U.S. Air Force has equipped Air National Guard F-16 jets with Northrop Grumman-built radars in a move to address a homeland defense requirement. Select F-16s at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland feature the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar technology that the service branch procured to meet a "joint operational need" identified by U.S. Northern Command, Northrop said Thursday.

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