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On March 29th, Orbital ATK tested a 50-lb. warhead designed for hypersonic weapons that was partially built from 3D-printed components, Defense News reported. The test assessed what effects the warhead’s fragmentation had on different targets. Hypersonic weapons are those that can surpass Mach 5 when traveling, five times faster than the speed of sound. Doug Truitt, […] More
ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Wayne Lucernoni about joining ASRC Federal and where he sees the company heading. “I am a firm believer that an organizational culture that emphasizes teamwork, ethics and community involvement not only creates a great place to work, but also enables success.†ExecutiveBiz: Congratulations on your new position. What led you to […] More
ExecutiveBiz recently talked with Tiffany Gates, president and chief executive officer, about trends in data analytics and where she sees Novetta expanding in the future. “Our customers want to understand how emerging approaches such as deep learning can be applied to their problem sets, particularly in computer vision and object recognition. We think there are […] More
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has secured a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and develop a critical system for a spacecraft designed to explore Jupiter’s Europa moon through investigative flybys. SSL said Tuesday it will build a critical interface – Remote Engineering Unit – for the Europa Clipper spacecraft that is slated for launch in […] More
A joint venture of Huntington Ingalls‘ technical solutions business and KBR‘s government services arm has received a contract to help the Australian government establish and manage a Naval Shipbuilding College. The Naval Shipbuilding Institute will support the project as part of Australia’s efforts to build up the country’s shipbuilding industry over the next three decades under a $69.1 […] More
NTT Data Services has obtained a “Gold Partner” status from Axiomatics and will begin to offer the latter’s authorization management suite for applications, databases and big data to federal clients. Both companies aim to help customer agencies gain access to control software, architectural guidance and professional services necessary to implement external authorization tools, Axiomatics said Wednesday. “Secure […] More
Iridium Communications’ fifth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket and established communications with the company’s satellite network operations facility after launch. The launch marks the second use of the rocket’s first-stage booster that SpaceX deployed in October 2017 to send the third set of […] More
Boeing and state-owned company Saudi Arabian Military Industries have agreed to form a joint venture that seeks to localize in Saudi Arabia at least 55 percent of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the Middle Eastern country’s fleet of rotary- and fixed-wing military planes. The memorandum of agreement signed by Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential four-year, $6.4 million contract to develop additive manufacturing technology for the U.S. Navy to build metal-based parts for air, sea and ground platforms. The contract awarded through the Office of Naval Research’s Quality Metal Additive Manufacturing program contains a two-year base period worth $2.6 million and a two-year option […] More
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has selected PAE ISR to participate in a one-year export acceleration program meant to help defense companies expand into the global marketplace, Inside Defense reported Monday. “VEDP’s expertise in accessing international markets will help reduce our barriers to entry and give us an opportunity to gain an advantage over our competitors,” Chris Corgnati, […] More
On Wednesday, March 21 DynCorp International released impressive 2017 Q4 and full year financial results. Displaying growth in both revenue and profit with year-over-year revenue increasing by 9.2 percent and profits up by 50.9 percent. ExecutiveBiz had the opportunity to sit down with George Krivo, chief executive officer of DynCorp, and a 2018 Wash100 winner, […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act serves as the U.S. government’s response to help meet warfighters’ need for secure and resilient satellite communication capabilities with the aid of the commercial satcom industry. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a Via Satellite piece posted Thursday […] More
