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Aerospace company Rolls-Royce has appointed Kimberly Hicks as general counsel for defense and Rolls-Royce North America, a position she has held in an interim capacity since January. Based in Washington, D.C., Hicks will not only lead Rolls-Royce’s global defense and U.S. general counsel teams but also join the RRNA board in overseeing the company’s Special […] More
Qualtrics has earned the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate authority to operate for its artificial intelligence-based conversational analytics and natural language processing tools. The AI and machine learning tools work to capture and process structured or unstructured customer feedback sent through various mechanisms, such as call center conversations, surveys and social media chats […] More
Battelle has appointed Juan Alvarez as executive vice president of laboratory operations. Alvarez, who previously served as deputy director for management and operations at Idaho National Laboratory, will fully assume his new position by mid-October, the Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle said Monday. At INL, which he joined in 2005 as part of Battelle’s contract to manage the […] More
Cloud platform developer Datadog has appointed Yanbing Li as its chief product officer. She brings to the role over 25 years of industry experience, including leadership roles in global engineering and technology infrastructure operations, the New York-based cloud platform developer said Monday. Li most recently led software development at Aurora as senior vice president of […] More
Austal USA has secured a contract modification to add two landing craft utility 1700-class vessels to the three LCUs that the service initially ordered in September 2023, bringing the procurement’s value up by nearly $55 million. The contract provides options for up to 12 vessels, with a potential total value of $379.7 million, Austal said […] More
Alex Stamos, former chief trust officer at SentinelOne, was appointed as the company’s chief information security officer, responsible for managing its security engineering and operations teams. The artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity company said Thursday Stamos will focus primarily on the development and delivery of secure-by-design systems. According to Stamos’ LinkedIn profile, he joined the Mountain View, […] More
General Dynamics‘ land systems business has secured a $174.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to retrofit and repair the service branch’s Stryker family of vehicles. The Department of Defense said Wednesday General Dynamics Land Systems’ work under the cost-plus-fixed fee contract will run through Feb. 28, 2029. The Army Contracting Command’s Detroit Arsenal in […] More
Viasat has introduced its first wearable tactical communications tool designed for dismounted troops’ rapid setup to quickly establish situational awareness. Secure Wireless Hub’s development was part of a U.S. Special Operations Command multi-phase program to provide mobile ground forces with advanced tactical communications capabilities, the Carlsbad, California-based communications technology company said. The system, although significantly […] More
Cherokee Federal has booked a $49 million firm-fixed-price task order from the U.S. Air Force for technical program support over a five-year period. The Department of Defense said Monday the award is for USAF’s Training Intelligence Plans and Exercise Support Cyber Readiness Operations Weapons and Tactics Network Defensive Operations II, or TRIPLECROWN. Cherokee Nation Strategic […] More
Maryland-based technology firm DecisionPoint has secured a $9.9 million award to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service with information security system management services, including cloud and security engineering and architecture support. The task order was awarded under the General Services Administration’s Veterans Technology Services 2 contract vehicle, the company said […] More
French laser communications company Cailabs has appointed Jim Hooper as senior vice president of business development for its Washington-based U.S. unit. With his appointment, Hooper will work to strengthen Cailabs’ position in the U.S. satellite sector, the company said. Immediately before joining Cailabs, Hooper was the senior vice president for space initiatives of global satellite […] More
Raytheon has secured a U.S. Navy contract potentially worth $42.9 million to enhance the service branch’s radar signal processing capabilities. The cost-plus, fixed-fee contract has a three-year base period with options for two 27-month, one 18-month and 36-month periods, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The RTX business will perform the work in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, […] More
