ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 8/12/2021

Bill Harrod, federal chief technology officer for Ivanti, spoke with ExecutiveBiz for its latest Executive Spotlight interview discussing how the company’s recent acquisitions, including the recent purchase of RiskSense, have impacted the development of ransomware and cyber threat solutions, the challenges of merging company cultures and advancing zero-trust architecture. “Automation is another component that’s absolutely […]

NCI Information Systems will compete for task orders to provide artificial intelligence-powered tools and services under the U.S. Navy’s SeaPort Next Generation acquisition vehicle, which has a remaining value of $7.5 billion. The company said Wednesday it won a prime position on the SeaPort-NxG indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that provides for the needs of the Navy and […]

GRSi has won a three-year, $32 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide its Office of the Director with professional health information technology services, including help in processing hundreds of applications and thousands of support incidents. The Bethesda, Maryland-based technical and engineering services provider said Wednesday it will conduct full range of […]

The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter with Northrop Grumman’s open architecture-based integrated avionics suite has reached the First Unit Equipped designation, enabling the aircraft to enter into service with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s unit at Fort Indiantown Gap. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation Missile Center has certified the aircraft to operate under visual […]

Michele Flournoy, a former Department of Defense official, has been appointed to the board of directors at launch services provider Astra Space and she will serve on the nominating and corporate governance committee. Flournoy is a managing partner of WestExec Advisors, a Washington, D.C. consulting firm she established with several other government veterans, and a […]

Kaman has secured a $43 million order under Option 16 of a U.S. Air Force’s contract that provides for Joint Programmable Fuze deliveries to foreign militaries. Kaman said Tuesday JPF is designed to support aircraft and munition technologies and is manufactured in the company’s Orlando, Florida; and Middletown, Connecticut, facilities. It also works to enable […]

Northrop Grumman has received a multi-million dollar contract to provide full aircraft lifecycle sustainment support for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force. The company said it will operate, maintain and sustain NAGSF’s RD-4D unmanned surveillance aircraft, air vehicle mission command and control stations, and trainers at Sigonella Air Base in Italy for five years. In […]

Cindy Lewis, chairperson, president and CEO of AirBorn Consolidated Holdings since 1998, has been named to the board of directors of AeroVironment. Lewis’ “experience in technology development and commercialization, high reliability manufacturing, and capital deployment will be especially relevant as we leverage our future-defining capabilities to penetrate new markets and achieve solid financial results,” Wahid […]

A Robotican-made autonomous drone countered unmanned aircraft system targets during a test in support of a Department of Defense directorate. The company said Wednesday its Goshawk aircraft automatically deployed to block remotely launched drones that simulated hostile threats as part of an effort for DOD’s Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate. Goshawk and the drone targets […]

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business flew an Avenger unmanned aircraft to demonstrate autonomous target tracking with help from a Lockheed Martin-made infrared sensor. During the industry-funded demonstration, Avenger used the infrared search and track capability of Lockheed’s Legion Pod to detect multiple aircraft that were flying at fast speeds, General Atomics said Wednesday. Avenger’s autonomy […]