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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
Northrop Grumman demonstrated its guided air-launched missile prototype during a captive flight test held at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The new missile identified and discriminated integrated air defense systems and tracked intended targets while doing captive flight maneuvers using a company test aircraft, Northrop said Monday. The internally funded air-launched […] More
The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform Task Force of the American Society of Military Comptrollers approved a work plan to guide its efforts in the next 18 months during its first meeting held on July 7 at ASMC headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The work plan includes the development of transformational levers, gap analysis in […] More
In recent years, the U.S. has spearheaded multiple efforts to research, develop and harness quantum science, information and technology for a broad range of applications. President Biden’s most recent quantum-related policy measures — an executive order and a national security memorandum — were put in place to advance the country’s quantum leadership and mitigate risk to […] More
Lumen Technologies received a potential 11-year, $137 million task order from the Customs and Border Protection for communications, internet connectivity and network services. “Customs and Border Protection’s 24/7 mission to protect the American people, safeguard borders and enhance the nation’s economic prosperity means they need a proven network provider that can deliver fast, secure and steadfast connectivity,” Zain […] More
Clay Goldwein, senior vice president of national security and justice at CGI Federal, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the difficulties of implementing zero-trust architectures as well as the challenges of data security and cyber hygiene as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies continue to impact the federal sector during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full Executive […] More
A U.S. Army cross-functional team has flight tested an Airbus-built unmanned air system to determine its alignment with the service branch’s goal of employing ultra-long endurance stratospheric UAS capabilities. The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space CFT was able to demonstrate the Zephyr drone‘s ability to carry commercial, off-the-shelf payload while flying at a high altitude […] More
The Integrated Battle Command System that Northrop Grumman developed for the U.S. Army and related platforms demonstrated joint integrated fire control capability by fusing sensor data from multiple services during the Valiant Shield training exercise held by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in June. IBCS fielded to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington demonstrated Joint All-Domain Command and […] More
John Karabias, vice president of strategic development at Jacobs, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his strategic goals to continue the company’s growth with the launch of its new Divergent Solutions segment coming in October. Karabias also discussed the company’s winning culture as the challenges of talent recruitment and retention impacting the federal workforce and drives digital transformation […] More
Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies‘ Collins Aerospace business to supply airborne communications hardware for foreign military sales of the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. Collins said Tuesday its HF-9500 system consists of a receiver-transmitter, an antenna coupler and a radio control technology. The product will replace the ARC-190 radio that Lockheed previously offered to […] More
The U.S. Navy tested for the third time a Northrop Grumman-built extended-range missile at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of California. The Northrop-made AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range system detected and engaged a ground-based threat using its emitter acquisition platform after being launched from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft during […] More
Jeff Trauberman, vice president of government affairs for Virgin Orbit National Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his strategic goals for the coming year as well as recent partnerships to extend its position in the federal market to address the technology and innovation challenges of today during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full Executive Spotlight […] More
A CAES-made serial data switch for controlling transmit and receive ports has received a Qualified Manufacturers List Class V rating from the Defense Logistics Agency in recognition of it meeting space industry testing standards. The company said the Crosspoint Switch is designed for signal distribution, space VPX data plane switching applications, primary and redundant switching, […] More
