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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.
Dewberry has secured contracts from the Pennsylvania and Florida departments of transportation to support certain infrastructure projects in both states. The company said Monday it will provide engineering services to a roadway rehabilitation and traffic improvement project along State Route 61 within PennDOT’s District 5. PennDOT also tasked Dewberry to conduct environmental studies and help finalize […] More
Tony Frazier, president of Radiant Solutions, has said the company looks at the potential use of geospatial data to support artificial intelligence-based training efforts in the public sector, SpaceNews reported Saturday. He told the publication in an interview increasing the access to public data can help developers create open-source machine learning algorithms designed to recognize […] More
Raytheon expects to increase the number of international customers for the Patriot missile defense platform after the Trump administration introduced policies to help domestic manufacturers sell weapon systems to U.S. allies, Bloomberg reported Friday. John Harris, CEO of Raytheon’s international business, told the publication in an interview that Poland’s signing of a $4.75 billion contract to buy the system […] More
Boeing‘s HorizonX Ventures organization has invested in Agylstor through a Series A funding round to help the latter company further develop a ruggedized computing platform designed to store, process and secure data. Agylstor said Wednesday its technology supports storage and transfer of information for infrastructure mapping, geoscience and aerospace applications such as autonomous and piloted systems. Rick […] More
Donald Robinson, chief technology officer of General Dynamics‘ information technology unit, has said the company aims to secure Impact Level 6 authorization for the milCloud 2.0 platform by 2019 to help the Defense Department manage classified data, Nextgov reported Wednesday. MilCloud 2.0 is powered by CSRA, which General Dynamics bought for approximately $9.7 billion in […] More
The U.S. Navy has launched a small business set-aside solicitation on a potential five-year project to build integrated battleforce electronic warfare trainer and surface electronic warfare team trainer systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the military service looks for a contractor to design, develop, test and integrate EW training platforms through the competitive procurement […] More
Sergio Aponte, a product director at the U.S. Army, has said the service branch plans to award contracts in June to start the process of buying multiple infantry weapons for foot soldiers, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The report noted the Army wants to procure Next-Generation Squad Weapons designed with an open architecture that can support […] More
Engility has won a potential $41 million task order to support command and control programs at the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Thursday it will provide on-site expertise, logistics and training support services under the Global Command and Control System Tactical Combat Operations/Joint Tactical Common Operational Picture Workstation Sustainment Support order. “Our people are embedded with […] More
Mary Legere, managing director for national and defense intelligence business at Accenture‘s federal arm, has received recognition from the Women in Technology organization for her work in the defense sector. WIT honored Legere with the Women in Defense Technology Leadership Award at a ceremony that took place Thursday in Reston, Va., the company said. John Goodman, chief […] More
The U.S. Air Force has posted an advanced research announcement on FedBizOpps to seek input from entrepreneurs on how to increase the security and resiliency of energy management systems at the service branch’s installations. USAF said Tuesday the solicitation will remain open through May 2, 2023, and calls for ideas to develop alternative energy-efficiency systems for […] More
N3B is set to commence environmental cleanup efforts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory after the Huntington Ingalls Industries–BWX Technologies joint venture completed a transition period under the terms of a potential $1.39 billion contract from the Energy Department. Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday that N3B hired personnel, assessed conditions, established a working procedure and implemented […] More
Raytheon Chairman and CEO Thomas Kennedy has said he believes maintaining data integrity should be part of an organization’s strategy to secure information technology assets from cyber threats. He wrote in an article published Tuesday on LinkedIn that data integrity protections can help companies defend against insider threats and comply with financial reporting standards under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. […] More
