General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and CP Technologies have partnered to build a mobile military-grade workstation that will replace the U.S. Air Force's Ruggedized Aircraft Maintenance Test Station. The Portable Aircraft Control Station will be designed and manufactured by the two companies to support direct connect aircraft pre- and post-flight operations and engine functions through the use of multi-touch displays and Intel Xeon processors, CP Technologies said Tuesday.

Executive Mosaic is happy to announce that Lynn Bamford, president and CEO of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award. She has secured a Wash100 Award for her leadership and strategic vision to drive growth for the company heading into 2021. This marks the first Wash100 Award for Bamford. 

Assured Consulting Solutions has received a task order to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency engineer and integrate systems that support projects under the NGA's Foundation GEOINT mission.

Lockheed Martin has invested $750K in Canada-based artificial intelligence company DarwinAI to help the latter operationalize a project that seeks to accelerate diagnosis of COVID-19 through chest X-ray scans. Lockheed made the investment in DarwinAI through its Canadian arm and as part of the Industrial Technological Benefits policy.

PAE has received a $50M contract to perform logistics and medical integration support to help the Navajo Department of Health respond to COVID-19 on one of the country's largest American Indian reservations.

The General Services Administration has authorized Criterion Systems to offer cybersecurity services to the government sector under a special item number of GSA's Multiple Award Schedule.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced a new data strategy, intended to drive the defense department to more effectively use data. Dave Spirk, the recently appointed chief data officer (CDO) for DoD, said that the strategy will support a “joint warfighting” approach to data collection, management and use. Spirk was appointed to the role in June 2020. 

Textron Systems has deployed two new air-cushion vehicles to the sea after a series of acceptance trials with the U.S. Navy. Ship-to-Shore Connector Craft 100 and Landing Craft Air Cushion 101 took the final leg of the vessels' trip to the Panama City, Florida-based Naval Surface Warfare Center after departure from a company-run shipyard in New Orleans, Textron said Wednesday.

PLEXSYS Interface Products has secured a potential $66.8M contract to operate and maintain eight mission crew training sets for the U.S. Air Force's airborne warning and control system.

Boeing has secured a six-year, $50M contract to update the U.S. Air Force's airborne warning and control system with an internet protocol-based communication technology.

Craig Albert, head of Bechtel Group's infrastructure business, has been promoted as president and chief operating officer, succeeding Jack Futcher, the company announced Thursday.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed delivery of a milestone 600th delivery of boost motor and divert-and-attitude control system to the Missile Defense Agency's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program.