Dr. Reggie Brothers, BigBear.ai’s CEO, 2021 Wash100 Award recipient and GovCon Expert, recently participated in the latest Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz to discuss an array of topics surrounding the federal and government contracting (GovCon) sectors. During the latest Executive Spotlight, GovCon Expert Reggie Brothers discussed the merger with GigCapital4 that will form BigBear, Inc. […] More

Boeing's Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary, XTEND and ELTA North America participated in a Department of Defense-led demonstration initiative for technologies designed to counter enemy's small unmanned aircraft systems. The U.S. Army said Wednesday its Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office worked with the Air Force and the Joint Counter-sUAS Office to host tests at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona from April 5 to 9.

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EverWatch announced its acquisition of BrainTrust Holdings, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions to the intelligence and defense communities, on Monday for an undisclosed sum to further expand technical service offerings and contract pursuits in the intelligence sector. The deal was overseen by Baird, who served as the exclusive financial advisor to BrainTrust for the acquisition.

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The Federal Election Commission has expanded its Amazon Web Services cloud migration and scaling efforts in a move to simplify the processing of U.S. campaign contribution data.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has postponed the final test of an automated aircraft operations program due to COVID-19-related restrictions.

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Siemens' U.S. research and development business unit has received a $6.4M contract to help the Department of Energy build a system to manage distributed energy resources. Princeton, N.J.-based Siemens Corporate Technology aims to create an energy management system that will use tools designed to increase the resilience of microgrids and facilitate autonomous power restoration as part of the Autonomous and Resilient Operation of Energy systems with RenewaAbles or AURORA project.

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AeroVironment has established an office that will focus on developing robotic and autonomous platforms to complement the firm's portfolio of small unmanned aircraft systems.

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Boeing has announced plans to lease a 100,000-square-foot research space at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kendall Square mixed-use district in Cambridge, Mass. The new aerospace and autonomy center at Kendall Square’s 17-story building is set to be operational in 2020 and will accommodate employees from Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to perform research, design […] More

NASA and Uber Technologies have teamed up to identify new urban air mobility-related technologies and concepts designed to ensure safety of aerial transportation operations in populated areas. The agency said Wednesday Uber will share its implementation plans for an urban aviation rideshare network, while NASA will use computer modeling and simulation for airspace management to […] More

ViaSat has reached the 500-unit production milestone for its KOR-24A small tactical terminal under a rate that works to roll out more than 20 terminals per month. The company said Monday STT two-channel radios have worked to provide direct Link 16 network interoperability for U.S. and international military users through more than 1,000,000 operational flight hours. “We produced and delivered over 210 STTs to customers over […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed Phase 1 of a previously awarded $8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract under the agency’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program. Lockheed said Tuesday Sikorsky has demonstrated its ALIAS system through a 30-mile autonomous flight with the use of a tablet device to operate a Sikorsky S-76 commercial helicopter. The designated Sikorsky […] More

Serco Group subsidiary DMS Maritime has landed an estimated $234 million contract from Australia’s environment department to lead efforts to design, build, operate and maintain an icebreaker ship for research work in the Antarctic region. Serco said Thursday the contract includes four years of design and construction work, 10 years of full operations and maintenance as well as […] More