ExecutiveBiz News on Video 1/10/2023

Veritas Capital has completed its purchase of CAES Space Systems and changed the name of the acquired business to Frontgrade Technologies to reflect its objectives of creating technology platforms that support national security and addressing engineering challenges facing clients. Mike Elias, formerly senior vice president and general manager for the space division at CAES, will […]

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division has awarded ManTech a five-year, $57 million task order to help enhance the capabilities of expeditionary weapon systems used by U.S. Special Operations Command. ManTech said Monday it will deliver next-generation intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and perform life cycle management of crewed and uncrewed air, land and maritime […]

Tensions regarding the U.S.-Mexico border have been among the primary focal points in national security conversations in recent months. The main source of the controversies and concerns are rooted in the potential lifting of Title 42, the part of the U.S. Code that dictates public health during a crisis, which was adopted in April 2020 […]

James Freeman has been named senior vice president of government affairs and Washington operations at MapLarge, a position in which he will be responsible for the oversight of the company’s government affairs activities and programmatic work. As head of the sector, Freeman will collaborate with key mission leaders, the executive and legislative branches and other government […]

The U.S. Army has chosen Advanced Technology International to manage a group of companies and academic institutions that will carry out prototype projects under the second iteration of the Training and Readiness Accelerator other transaction agreement. TReX II contractors will develop platforms designed to prepare military personnel for missions via training, modeling and simulation, ATI […]

Parsons subsidiary Xator will support the U.S. Air Force’s Integrated Base Defense Security System through its position on a task order that could be worth up to $79.5 million. Xator will help the service build the foundational structure of IBDSS by sustaining Defender Multi-Domain Command, Control and Communications equipment and connected security platforms to deliver […]

Stan McChrystal, a retired U.S. Army four-star general, has joined the advisory board of artificial intelligence company Accrete.  The 34-year Army veteran previously led the U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces Afghanistan, as well as the Joint Special Operations Command, New York-based Accrete said Thursday.  McChrystal also served on the boards of Navistar International Corp., […]

Network operations software applications developer CodeMettle demonstrated its Integrated Battalion and Below program during the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence 2022.  The company said Monday it exhibited the network management capabilities of the TrellisWare TSM waveform and tactical radio integration kits, which allowed for the surveillance and handling and provision of a situational understanding of the […]

The Small Business Administration has started accepting applications for a certification program for veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses competing for sole-source and set-aside federal contracts. SBA assumed the Department of Veterans Affairs’ certification responsibilities for VOSBs and SDVOSBs by creating the Veteran Small Business Certification program in November in compliance with the […]

Terran Orbital completed a contract involving the use of its GEOStare SV2 spacecraft to capture satellite images for an independent research project owned by Lockheed Martin. As part of the commercial data services imagery contract, Terran Orbital said Monday it demonstrated a cost-effective method to re-task GEOStare to assemble the thousands of Lockheed-requested imagery. GEOStare […]