ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 8/4/2021

Leidos reported $3.4 billion in revenue for the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, 18 percent higher than the same period last year, and quarterly earnings of $1.52 per share. The Reston, Virginia-based contractor also held to its 2021 sales outlook in the $13.7 billion-$14.1 billion range, and earnings of between $6.35 and $6.65 […]

Comcast Government announced on Wednesday that the company has been awarded a potential ten-year, $76 million contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to assist in the agency’s efforts to replace legacy circuits across the country with Ethernet-based services as well as work to improve network performance and reduce telecommunications costs. This contract marks the […]

David Portner, senior program manager for undersea weapons at Northrop Grumman, said he expects the U.S. Navy to issue a request for prototype proposals for a new torpedo in late August or early September, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The Navy was expected to release the solicitation for the Compact Rapid Attack Weapon program in January, […]

Honeywell will move forward to the next phase of its project to modernize building systems at Fort Benning under a 25-year energy savings performance contract with the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it will self-fund a $23 million effort aimed at reducing energy consumption at the military post and helping the service branch save […]

CAE‘s U.S. arm has secured a U.S. Air Force contract for the development and fielding of simulation systems meant for training personnel in controlling aircraft against ground threats. The company said Monday it will deliver the Joint Terminal Control Training Rehearsal System that will be used for Joint Terminal Attack Controller operator training, and will […]

Airborne intelligence company AEVEX Aerospace has appointed three-decade U.S. Navy veteran Skip Arny as vice president of technology solutions, responsible for helping grow its domestic and international businesses. Arny brings to his new role his experience in naval operations, Department of Defense and foreign military sales, the company said Tuesday. The newly appointed VP joins […]

Eckhart, a Warren, Michigan-based developer of robotic platforms and autonomous guided vehicles, was chosen by the U.S. Army to automate and accelerate the firing of the military branch’s self-propelled howitzer weapons. The company said Tuesday it is among five winning contractors tasked to modernize artillery systems under the Army Applications Laboratory’s SPARTN Fire Faster program. […]

Raytheon Technologies has applied a digital engineering approach to help the U.S. Space Force design a ground system for processing and analyzing military satellite data. The company said its intelligence and space business developed virtual models using a digital thread to understand small design changes as the team worked on the Future Operationally Resilient Ground […]

Boeing and Northrop Grumman conducted a virtual manned-unmanned teaming demonstration using the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne command-and-control aircraft and the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet. The Office of Naval Research sponsored the demonstration, which used Northrop’s portable E-2D simulator and simulations of Boeing’s MQ-25 and Super Hornet aircraft, Boeing said […]

BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm has introduced a new version of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System with a 30 percent increase in effective range. The APKWS block upgrade guidance kit is developed to enable U.S. pilots to hit targets with guided rockets from a greater standoff distance and a steeper angle of attack for […]