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Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary to Upgrade Army Aviators’ Night Vision Goggles; Raanan Horowitz Quoted

Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received orders worth approximately $29 million under a U.S. Army indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize the legacy night vision goggles used by rotary-wing pilots. Elbit Systems of America said Thursday it will replace the green image intensification on the AN/AVS-6 Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System with white phosphor image intensifier tubes. […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 18, 2021, 12:17 pm
in M&A Activity, Cybersecurity News, Industry News, News

Ian Northrop: JHNA Pursues Additional M&A Opportunities as Part of Growth Strategy

Ian Northrop, CEO of digital engineering firm JHNA, said the company is looking to make more acquisitions as the Department of Defense increases adoption of open-architecture systems as part of its modernization efforts, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “I’m eager, we have a pipeline of opportunities, we have other owners we are talking to,” […] More

by Jane Edwards June 18, 2021, 12:16 pm
in Executive Spotlight, Government Cloud, Government Technology, Industry News, News, Wash100

Executive Spotlight: Novetta President, CEO Tiffanny Gates & Accenture Federal Services Chief Executive John Goodman

ExecutiveBiz had the opportunity to speak with John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta President and CEO Tiffanny Gates following the recent news that the former would be acquiring Novetta back on June 1st. 2021 Wash100 Award recipients Goodman and Gates both highlighted the background of the acquisition, the merging of […] More

by William McCormick June 18, 2021, 12:16 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

Dell Technologies, Dish Network Partner to Implement 5G Radio Access Network

Dell Technologies has agreed to help Dish Network Corp. launch a cloud-native 5G radio access network for customers across multiple industries. Dell said Thursday it will provide open hardware and software infrastructure to support Dish’s implementation of a 5G communications network for education, manufacturing, retail, government and health care applications. The partnership would allow Dish […] More

by Nichols Martin June 17, 2021, 12:10 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

Air Force Launches Market Research for Bridge Tanker Program

The U.S. Air Force is seeking companies that are capable of delivering about 140 to 160 commercial derivative aircraft to supplement the service’s tanker fleet at the end of the production of the KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center expects to receive commercial derivative aircraft at a rate of 12 […] More

by Jane Edwards June 17, 2021, 12:10 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

ID.me Receives FedRAMP Approval for Identity Verification Platform; Blake Hall Quoted

Identity verification technology provider ID.me has secured certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program after the company demonstrated compliance with Moderate baseline security controls. ID.me said Wednesday it received authority to operate approval for the Identity Gateway offering, which federal agencies can find through the FedRAMP Marketplace. The platform is designed with remote […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 17, 2021, 12:09 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

Boeing, NASA Prepare for Starliner’s Second Uncrewed Test Flight

Boeing and NASA teams started fueling the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew and service modules in preparation for the spacecraft’s second flight test that is scheduled to launch on July 30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard the United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket. The Orbital Flight Test-2 mission will allow NASA and […] More

by Jane Edwards June 17, 2021, 12:08 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

Parsons Delivers 2 Smallsats for SBIRS GEO5 Altas V Launch

Parsons has integrated the secondary payload on the Altas V rocket for the Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 5 mission as part of the company’s $100 million Launch Manifest Systems Integrator contract awarded in 2019. The company said Wednesday two Technology Demonstration Orbiters named TDO-3 and TDO-4 were delivered to ride-share on the […] More

by Christine Thropp June 17, 2021, 12:07 pm
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News

Endace Updates DISA’s Network Packet Capture System

Endace has helped the Defense Information Systems Agency implement new technology built to give analysis historical data on network activity to investigate security and system performance issues. DISA selected the EndaceProbe appliance to update the agency’s packet capture platform, accelerate its data mining process and analyze traffic across internet access points, the company said Wednesday. […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 17, 2021, 12:07 pm
in Executive Moves, Industry News, News, Space News

Former IBM Watson Exec Stratos Davlos Joins Astra as Software SVP

Stratos Davlos, former executive at IBM‘s Watson business, will lead a software team at Astra as part of his appointment as the space services provider’s senior vice president of software. The 20-year veteran in artificial intelligence and machine learning will oversee the intelligent operating system that supports Astra’s space platform and operations, the California-based company […] More

by Carol Collins June 17, 2021, 12:06 pm
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News

Atlas Research-PFS JV to Support VHA Employee Education Program Transformation Project

A joint venture between Atlas Research and Prometheus Federal Services has received a task order to help the Veterans Health Administration develop an organizational transformation plan for a program office focused on providing workforce development training resources and services to agency personnel. Titan Alpha will perform work to support VHA’s goal of transforming its employee […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 17, 2021, 12:05 pm
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News

Amentum to Provide Services for Deployment of Army Tactical Vehicle Equipment

Amentum, a technical and engineering services provider, was awarded a task order to help in the deployment of tactical vehicles to the U.S. Army’s command centers within the country and abroad. The task order is under the Strategic Services Solutions equipment-related services contract with the Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Amentum said Wednesday. The Germantown, Maryland-based […] More

by Carol Collins June 17, 2021, 12:05 pm