ExecutiveBiz News on Video 2/18/2022

Executive Mosaic is honored to name Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, as a recipient of a 2022 Wash100 Award, the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership with the Space Force to expand the new service branch’s space intelligence capabilities and collaboration with […]

LC Cook, vice president of public sector business for Yext, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the importance of developing AI solutions for the company’s customers as well as the impact that other emerging technologies are making across the federal sector in the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview. In addition, Cook also discussed the core values […]

BigBear.ai has added two new senior-level executives with technology experience to its leadership team to assist with products and services in support of defense and intelligence customers. The Columbia, Maryland-based artificial intelligence provider said Tuesday Todd Hughes will take the role of senior vice president of technology and research while Dan Jones will assume the SVP of products […]

Executive Mosaic has presented Shawn Purvis, president of QinetiQ’s U.S. business arm, her second consecutive Wash100 Award in recognition of her previous leadership of Northrop Grumman’s enterprise services sector and her vision to transform QinetiQ U.S. Her 2021 win underscored her business technology and process support leadership. Visit GovCon Wire to read her full profile. […]

Boeing has secured a $103.8 million in foreign military sales funds to manufacture AH-6 light attack helicopters for Thailand. The U.S. Army’s contracting organization issued obligated money from the Thai government through a contract modification to the Chicago-based aerospace and defense company. Work will take place at Boeing’s facility in Mesa, Arizona, and the DOD […]

Textron Systems has received a $41.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the service branch’s unmanned mine influence sweeping technology. The defense contractor will provide engineering and technical services and incidental materials for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System Unmanned Surface Vehicle program, the Department of Defense said Friday. Textron will perform […]

General Atomics has concluded the final review of a spacecraft design for the U.S. Space Force’s weather data-gathering satellite modernization program. The company said Friday its electromagnetic systems business worked with Parsons, Atmospheric and Environmental Research and EO Vista to deliver an Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System prototype to the service branch. Scott Forney, president of […]

The Department of Energy has tasked Raytheon Technologies‘ Pratt & Whitney business to develop a hydrogen-fueled propulsion technology intended for use in commercial aviation. The contractor said Monday it will apply water vapor recovery and liquid hydrogen combustion to achieve zero carbon emissions under the Hydrogen Steam Injected, Inter‐Cooled Turbine Engine project. DOE’s Advanced Research […]

Advanced Space has completed the fourth operational readiness test of its NASA-funded small satellite that will validate technologies in cislunar space to support future manned missions to the moon. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment performed mission work at an environment simulating a near rectilinear halo orbit for one week, Advanced […]

A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has signed a launch agreement with SpaceX for its Mission Robotic Vehicle spacecraft and finalized a sales contract with Australia-based satellite operator Optus for its Mission Extension Pod. SpaceLogistics has tapped SpaceX to help launch its MRV and several MEPs by the spring of 2024, Northrop said Monday. SpaceLogistics’ MRV spacecraft […]