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Executive Spotlight: Steve Selfridge, President of Government Services at Day & Zimmermann

Steve Selfridge, president of Government Services at Day & Zimmermann, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s growth strategies and the expansion of its senior team, recent contract awards, focus areas for D&Z’s tech capabilities and company culture challenges during the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview. “Our efforts to support a connected culture of innovation and collaboration across […] More

by William McCormick October 22, 2021, 11:42 am
in Contract Awards, News

Exosonic Books USAF Contract to Develop Supersonic UAVs for Fighter Pilot Training; Norris Tie Quoted

Exosonic has won a 15-month Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and demonstrate a low boom supersonic uncrewed aerial vehicle. The company said the contract was awarded under the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s AFWERX program in partnership with the Air Combat Command and the Air […] More

by Summer Myatt October 21, 2021, 11:58 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

BAE to Help Mitre Engenuity-Run Center Develop Resources for Cyber Defenders

BAE Systems will serve as a research sponsor to help a Mitre Engenuity-operated center develop resources to help organizations protect and defend their networks from cyberattacks. Mitre Engenuity launched the Center for Threat-Informed Defense in 2019 in response to the cybersecurity community’s call for a nonprofit, noncommercial center that would help advance the development of […] More

by Jane Edwards October 21, 2021, 11:57 am
in News, Space News

Rhea Space Activity to Further Develop Space Domain Awareness Dashboard for USAF

Rhea Space Activity will continue developing a dashboard to boost space domain awareness under an award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program. The company said Wednesday it will work to inform operational SDA requirements as part of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award that provides for continued Lunar Intelligence Dashboard development. […] More

by Nichols Martin October 21, 2021, 11:56 am
in Government Technology, News

Marines Take Ownership of 2 General Atomics-Built Reaper Drones

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business transferred ownership of two Reaper unmanned aircraft systems, ground control terminals and support equipment to the U.S. Marine Corps. USMC leased the MQ-9A Block 5 UAS for three years under a contractor-owned, contractor-operated construct before the military branch acquired the drones under the Marine Air-Ground Task Force’s UAS Expeditionary Program […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 21, 2021, 11:54 am
in Government Technology, News

NASA Receives 1st Blue Canyon-Built CubeSat for Autonomous Swarm Demo

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

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 21, 2021, 11:53 am
in Government Technology, News

Sikorsky Envisions Data Networking System for Military Aircraft Platforms

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

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 21, 2021, 11:52 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Lockheed Seeks to Develop Hardware Security Tech Under DARPA Program; Keith Rebello Quoted

A team at Lockheed Martin plans to build an application-specific integrated circuit with security capabilities using an approach developed through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect electronic systems from vulnerabilities that are being exploited through software. DARPA’s System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program intends to develop hardware security […] More

by Jane Edwards October 21, 2021, 11:51 am
in Industry News, News

Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Governments, Companies Should Cooperate to Combat Cyber Attacks

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has highlighted the importance of governments and technology companies working together to address increasing cases of cyber attacks in the U.S. and across the globe. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference Wednesday, the executive talked about ransomware, nation-state sponsored attacks and disinformation campaigns and how the three […] More

by Christine Thropp October 21, 2021, 11:50 am
in Contract Awards, News

Education Department OKs Student Loan Servicing Contract Transfer to Maximus; Teresa Weipert Quoted

The Department of Education has given Maximus Federal the green light to take over as the contractor for the agency’s loan servicing. Maximus said Wednesday its Aidvantage division replaces Navient as the effort’s contractor, a role tasked to handle 5.6 million student loan accounts. Aidvantage aims to complete the transition by the end of the […] More

by Nichols Martin October 21, 2021, 11:50 am
in Executive Moves, News

Ronald Dailey Named President of BWXT Subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services; Joel Duling Quoted

Nuclear Fuel Services, a BWX Technologies subsidiary that manufactures fuel materials for U.S. naval nuclear reactors, has named Ronald Dailey as president. Dailey, who was with BWXT’s Syncom Space Services, will now lead NFS operations as it prepares to provide the National Nuclear Security Administration with uranium conversion and purification services, the company said Thursday. He took […] More

by Summer Myatt October 21, 2021, 11:49 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Dean Hullings on Forescout’s Efforts to Help Enable DOD-Wide Zero Trust Security

Dean Hullings, Global Defense Solutions Strategist at Forescout, spoke about the cybersecurity firm’s efforts to support a Department of Defense program that seeks to provide cyber capabilities for management of all Pentagon network assets to enable enterprisewide zero trust security. In an interview with Breaking Defense, Hullings said Forescout was awarded a follow-on contract from […] More

by Christine Thropp October 21, 2021, 11:48 am