ExecutiveBiz News on Video 8/20/2021

Maxar Technologies has secured a potential $26.4 million contract to continue helping in the sustainment and further development of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s web-based “living map” platform meant for remote unclassified mission support.  Under the five-year contract, Maxar will deliver geospatial tradecraft, engineering and software development support for the National System for Geospatial Intelligence Open […]

Scott Lee, cross-cutting priority co-lead for JADC2 at Mitre, said the U.S. needs a new command and control infrastructure to speed up decision-making processes across all domains and keep ahead of near-peer competitors. “We must shift from domain-centric to mission-centric effects, planning and execution. And that has to start with rethinking our C2 from the […]

On Thursday, August 26th, ExecutiveBiz Events will host its latest Fireside Chat with Joshua Frank, managing partner at RSM Federal, best-selling author, discussing a wide range of topics, including how to win government contracts and market your business in the GovCon sector.  To register for How to Win Government Contracts with Joshua Frank and view […]

The Internal Revenue Service has awarded five companies contracts under a program to test new platforms to digitize paper documents and send the files back to the IRS through a digital channel. Xerox, Government CIO, Ripcord, Brillient and Resultant, formerly known as KSM Consulting, each secured a contract worth $7.5 million under the Pilot IRS […]

Redwire has attained the initial operational capability status for its platform that is designed to accommodate digital engineering and simulation-based tests of space technologies. The Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory uses in-the-loop hardware and software to simulate artificial intelligence, cyber and other technologies designed for space architectures, Redwire said Thursday. National security and commercial space […]

A Boeing-made unmanned aircraft test asset has refueled a U.S. Navy-owned command and control aircraft, marking the refueler’s second completed flight test mission. Boeing said Thursday its MQ-25 T1 test asset flew from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, passed a wake survey to validate its performance and stability then aerially refueled the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early […]

Echodyne has received a $454,099 other transaction agreement from the Department of Homeland Security to test the potential use of a metamaterial-based radar for small unmanned aircraft system detection and tracking operations. The company will demonstrate its Metamaterials Electronically Scanning Array radar platform for DHS’ science and technology directorate under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program […]

The U.S. Air Force utilized a Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system during a series of military exercises aimed to demonstrate an approach for transferring data from a central system to the joint force. Northrop said Thursday its RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk played a role in USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System testing efforts […]

Geospatial analytics company Orbital Insight has launched its Supply Chain Intelligence tool designed to unveil hidden risks, track upstream and downstream activities and detect movement patterns across specific areas over time. The platform uses artificial intelligence, multisource data and location analytics to help organizations and government agencies can uncover global migration connections, tourism and supply […]

Tech Data has introduced Click to Run, a new range of cloud offerings meant to assist businesses in creating or optimizing their cloud resources on Amazon Web Services to boost agility and speed to market. The new products expand Tech Data’s outcome-based cloud offerings catalog within its Cloud Solution Factory on AWS, the Clearwater, Florida-based […]