Bell has opened an office in Wichita, Kan., that will house the Textron subsidiary's corporate, manufacturing, supply chain and engineering functions and programs that support aerospace customers. The new facility is part of an investment to grow Bell operations after the U.S. Army selected the aircraft manufacturer to participate in two of the service branch's modernization programs, Textron said Thursday.

Dan Wilbricht, vice president of Ivanti's public sector business in the Americas, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the internal advancements of automation, cloud and managed services. He also discussed external technology initiatives, including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and Certified Information Systems Auditor’s (CISA) Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) policy 3.0, and the potential future of the technology sector.

Dawne Hickton, head of critical mission solutions business at Jacobs and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the acquisition of KeyW “accelerated that cyber opportunity” for Jacobs, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

Cobham's advanced electronic solutions business has begun to develop an active electronically scanned array technology in Ka-Band and W-band frequencies for potential use in defense platforms such as airborne early warning radar technology.

Textron’s Bell subsidiary has partnered with nine other companies to manufacture a helicopter prototype in pursuit of the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Rubrik has released a new version of its product designed to help users manage and move data in cloud platforms and data centers.

Dennis Wiessner, a legal veteran in defense, aerospace and government contracting industries for more than two decades, has been named general counsel at Spaceflight.

General Atomics’ aeronautics systems business has installed a flight simulator system at a North Dakota facility for Block 5 variants of a remotely piloted aircraft built to attack time-sensitive targets.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management and Office of the Chief Information Officer has awarded Perspecta a potential $277M prime contract with a one-year base and six one-year option periods for operations and maintenance support of the enterprise general support system, the company reported on Tuesday.

The Department of Labor has recognized Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions for the firm’s hiring and retention of former servicemen.

NASA has issued a presolicitation to seek approaches to the development of integrated human lunar landers, Spacenews reported Sunday.

The U.S. Air Force is looking for information on potential sources of technologies that can support the service’s defensive cyber operations for space activities.