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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
NASA has received a six-unit miniature satellite Blue Canyon Technologies built for a mission to investigate the feasibility of autonomous spacecraft swarm operations in low-Earth orbit. The shipment to the agency’s Ames Research Center in California was the first of four CubeSats to be used on the Starling technology demonstration effort, Blue Canyon said Wednesday. […] More
Lockheed Martin and its Sikorsky subsidiary are considering linking future helicopter offerings to the F-35 aircraft and other fighter jets, Defense One reported Wednesday. Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, said the military aircraft manufacturer will use a Black Hawk helicopter as a surrogate model for a proposed Army Future Vertical Lift vehicle and equip the […] More
Blue Delta Capital Partners, an investment company focused on the government market, has named former Perspecta CEO and seven-time Wash100 winner Mac Curtis a venture fellow. “I have been fortunate throughout my entire career to have worked with some of the most elite teams in the GovCon industry,” Curtis told ExecutiveBiz’s parent company and publisher […] More
Leaders from Attivo Networks, Baker Tilly and Mandiant will participate in an Oct. 26 virtual forum hosted by ExecutiveBiz to give their perspectives on supply chain cybersecurity practices and risks. Join the “Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Revelations and Innovations” forum to hear from Tony Cole, chief technology officer of Attivo Networks; Jeff Jorge, principal and firm […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 4, 2021 — Amentum will develop a prototype of the U.S. Army’s Synthetic Training Environment Live Training System under an other transaction agreement, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 22. Paul Cummings, vice president of transformational training, said the company aims to help the Army increase the effectiveness and interoperability of its live […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 4, 2021 — Information technology services provider Criterion moved to expand its intelligence community business with the recent acquisition of Protas Solutions, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 22. Promod Sharma, president and CEO of Criterion, said the Protas purchase comes after the deal for Realm Consulting and allows the combined organization to […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2021 — The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) a $69 million task order to gather population-based survey data to track the agency’s progress toward achieving the goals of its global initiatives to reduce malnutrition, water insecurity, poverty and hunger, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 9. Mark Lee, […] More
Rebellion Defense, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology for defense and national security applications, has secured $150 million in a Series B funding round that gave it a $1 billion valuation, Axios reported. The report said Declaration Partners, Innovation Endeavors and Lupa Systems participated in the fundraising activity that was co-led by venture capital firms […] More
Parsons has teamed up with Intelligent Surveillance Corp. to develop and market imaging sensors in the government sector. The partnership is working on two products that will feature the Intellisight hemoglobin filter technology Parsons designed to recognize human skin and allow surveillance systems to identify certain activities of people, the company said Monday. Forney, Texas-based […] More
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that Northrop Grumman is manufacturing five test articles of the branch’s Long Range Strike Bomber aircraft at a government-owned contractor-operated factory in Palmdale, California, The Drive reported Monday. He mentioned the ongoing efforts at Air Force Plant 42 to build B-21 Raider planes in his speech Monday at […] More
Four companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $69 million contract to test and evaluate amphibious and ground combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps. MCSC, which functions as the acquisition unit of the U.S. Marine Corps, received seven offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering support services to the Marine Corps Systems Command […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2021 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has donated $1 million to the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering to support the construction of an academic and residential facility in Huntsville that will help the public magnet high school prepare students for postsecondary STEM education or careers, ExecutiveGov reported Aug. 31. […] More
