ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/13/2021

TransUnion seeks to expand its portfolio of digital identity capabilities, increase market reach and accelerate growth strategy with the proposed acquisition of Neustar, an information services and technology company, for $3.1 billion in cash. The two parties signed a definitive agreement for the transaction, which covers the addition of Neustar’s data and analytics to TransUnion’s […]

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $2.8 million Department of Defense funding for prototype development effort aimed at providing commanders with quick access to space-related situational awareness data. The San Diego, California-based company said it will prototype a system for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force’s Unified Data Library by working on […]

Microsoft plans to invest $20 billion in cybersecurity in the next five years and Brad Smith, the technology company’s president, said a part of that investment will be used to help federal, local and state government agencies and other enterprise customers implement the security technologies they already purchased but have not started using, CNBC reported […]

Boeing and the Missile Defense Agency have flight tested an advanced interceptor capability for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system intended to provide operators with real-time options between two-stage and three-stage approaches to defeating ballistic missile threats. The defense company said Sunday it upgraded the digital system modeling software to develop the new capability and then […]

The Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Research Laboratory has opened a new field office in Colorado as the organization looks to establish a presence in the aerospace hub. The office will host staff members tasked to directly engage with stakeholders in Colorado Springs, including government contractors and U.S. Space Force commands, amid increasing interest in space, […]

Michael Mangan, a veteran finance executive with more than two decades of leadership experience, has joined cybersecurity technology research and development company Siege Technologies as chief financial officer. “I look forward to helping the Siege team grow both organically and through strategic acquisitions. It is exciting to get in the action on the front lines of […]

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted a $477 million loan to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District in Virginia to help replenish the Potomac Aquifer and decommission a wastewater treatment plant as part of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow program. EPA said Friday the SWIFT program includes over 20 projects across the Hampton Roads area […]

NASA has awarded a total of $20 million to five small businesses for the continued development of technologies meant to address environmental and risk-based challenges and deliver lunar capabilities in support of Artemis exploration missions. The phase two projects will tackle thermal resilience, thermal control, radiation-tolerant computing avionics, drive actuation and small satellite propulsion under […]

Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies, a public-private partnership between the U.S. Navy and the National Armaments Consortium, has posted a document listing solicited munition technologies including hypersonic weapons, Defense News reported Friday. The document contains 57 requirement statements, which officials say may equate to $100 million in solicitations. These required technologies include different kinds of […]

Northrop Grumman has partnered with Scaled Composites to design a new autonomous platform intended to be pitched in an attritable aircraft development effort of the U.S. Air Force, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Northrop showcased on Sept. 8 Model 437, a stealthy jet with a 3,000-mile range, that is developed for the Skyborg program aimed […]