Lewis Shepherd, senior director of research and emerging technologies strategy at VMware, was added to the technical advisory board of Quantum Computing Inc. The executive will draw from his more than three decades of government and industry experience in research and development innovation to provide QCI with product visibility, market intelligence and insight, the quantum […] More

Ramaco Carbon and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are partnering on a two-year project to develop a process to facilitate large-scale production of coal-derived graphite, a key component used in manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles. ORNL and Ramaco are jointly funding the project through a field work proposal for the Fossil Energy […] More

Rebellion Defense will assist the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration in conducting continuous cybersecurity testing under a follow-on contract for the company’s automated adversary emulation technology. NNSA will use Rebellion Defense’s Rebellion Nova to bolster its cyber defense by mimicing adversarial attacks, Rebellion Defense said Tuesday.  The technology is developed to accurately pinpoint […] More

The U.S. Navy chose CAES for the initial pre-production of a modified version of the AN/ALQ-99 low band transmitter. The contract expands CAES’ partnership with the service branch as well as the Royal Australian Air Force over radio frequency jamming transmitters, the company noted Tuesday. AN/ALQ-99 is an enhancement of airborne electronic warfare technology designed […] More

Airbus U.S. Space and Defense Chairman and CEO Rob Geckle was presented with his 2023 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Airbus offices. As a future-focused accolade, the Wash100 Award recognizes the most influential and innovative executives working in the government contracting sector who are poised to significantly steer the GovCon […] More

V2X has won a seven-year, $440 million U.S. Navy award under its legacy company Vertex to deliver aircraft maintenance services to the Naval Test Wing Pacific VX-30 and VX-31 at two California locations. Services to be provided under the award include maintenance, logistics and technical support for the weapons development and test squadrons at Point Mugu and […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth into its Wash100 Award class of 2023 in recognition of her outstanding leadership strategy, modernization efforts and innovation initiatives as she lays the foundation for the Army of the future. Each year, Executive Mosaic considers thousands of executives and ultimately selects 100 of the most effective and […] More

Lockheed Martin used the Department of Defense’s 5G network to demonstrate the capability of its analytics tools to improve aircraft readiness by providing maintainers with real-time data to detect aircraft issues and speed up the decision-making process. Lockheed developed and demonstrated its applications before U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army officials as part of the […] More

J&J Worldwide Services, a government preventative maintenance support services provider, has completed transition work on a five-year task order to support U.S. Army medical treatment facilities in Europe. The company said Tuesday it has started providing operations and maintenance services to medical treatment facilities in Germany, Belgium and Italy, including the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, […] More

The Mobile Satellite Users Association bestowed its inaugural President’s Award to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat‘s government business arm. MSUA President Lisa Dreher presented the award in recognition of Cowen-Hirsch’s more than 10 years of contributions to the organization and its members, Inmarsat said Monday. MSUA was founded […] More

BAE Systems will develop more Block 4 AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare systems for Lockheed Martin‘s upcoming Lot 17 production of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Deliveries to Lockheed will be made under under contracts worth $491 million and will add to the 1,200 EW units already supplied to the defense contractor, BAE said Monday. Through the system, F-35s […] More

Northrop Grumman will work with Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works arm, Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business, Long Wave and Crescent Systems as part of a team that will compete for a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the service’s fleet of E-6B Mercury aircraft. Henry Cyr, director of multidomain command and control capture programs […] More