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MSBAI has received a Phase 2 contract under the U.S. Air Force's Small Business Innovation Research initiative to repurpose a cognitive artificial intelligence assistant for the service branch and the Missile Defense Agency to run hypersonic weapon trajectory simulation software from Science Applications International Corp.
Jim McClelland, vice president of mission architecture at Maxar Technologies, said the small satellite industry is now more willing to take some risks, launch and learn from those launches driven by technological advances in smallsats, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. “It’s been a very exciting transformation of the industry,†he said. “I have to actually, oddly enough, give a lot of credit to the cubesat guys."
The U.S. Navy has awarded a five-year, $70 million contract to Utility Works joint venture for utility engineering and management services in support of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, which provides Department of Defense agencies, unified commands and the Navy and Marine Corps with facilities engineering and acquisition support.
Executive Mosaic is glad to introduce John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient. This represents his second consecutive year that Mengucci has received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). Executive Mosaic congratulates John Mengucci on his second consecutive Wash100 Award.Â
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100, for stewarding the company through the launch of its broadband service upgrade, satellite cloud-based offering for internet of things and maritime emergency response system. This marks Desch’s seventh consecutive Wash100 Award.
Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton, has been inducted into the 2021 Wash100 Award, marking his fifth time receiving the recognition from Executive Mosaic for his contributions in support of the government contracting community. The award highlights Shea's strong leadership and expansion efforts, including spearheading major acquisitions and valuable contract awards.
Koa Lani, a joint venture between Amentum and Kupono, will perform range and base operations for the U.S. Navy under a potential 10-year, $854 million contract. "Amentum is poised and ready to leverage our decades of expertise in support of this essential test and training mission,†said John Bozarth, senior vice president of business development for Amentum’s mission readiness strategic unit.
QuantiTech, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital, has merged with Millennium Engineering and Integration Company (MEI) to provide engineering services and offerings for mission critical programs within defense and civilian agencies, QuantiTech reported on Wednesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We are excited about joining forces with MEI," said Darryl Wortman, president and CEO of QuantiTech.
CAE's U.S. subsidiary has received a prime contract to train aircraft pilots of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the company's Dothan Training Center and other business aviation facilities. CAE USA will provide training on fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft in classroom, simulated and actual flight environments to help pilots meet requirements imposed by CBP and the Federal Aviation Administration, CAE said Tuesday.
NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to develop a spacecraft that would help the agency study the atmosphere's outermost region that transitions into space as part of the agency's heliophysics science mission of opportunity. The company said Tuesday it will build the Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere or GLIDE spacecraft that would track the hydrogen-based ultraviolet light found in the region.
McKean Defense Group has received a five-year, $19.7 million contract to help a Naval Surface Warfare Center manage critical steam systems for the U.S. Navy fleet. The company said Tuesday it will support hull, mechanical and electrical equipment for Code 41 steam programs and provide safety and life cycle engineering, quality assurance and system reliability analysis services to the NSWC Philadelphia division.
Northrop Grumman has installed an alternating current solar panel on the rooftop of the company's facility in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, to support renewable energy generation in the state.
