ExecutiveBiz News on Video 1/12/2023

The Department of Defense has been working to modernize its command, control, and communications capabilities since the publication of the C3 Modernization Strategy in late 2020. Now, aspects like electronic warfare and satellite communications are changing the way the DOD approaches C3. In Executive Mosaic’s latest video interview, DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman spoke about how […]

Business development executive Bill Sullivan’s career began over two decades ago with IBM, and he has since held leadership positions with Oracle, Cloudera, and Amazon Web Services, among others. With his experience in strategy and development, he has worked to push organizations further into their target markets. In a recent interview with ExecutiveBiz, Sullivan, who now […]

NetImpact Strategies has received a potential $60 million contract to provide information technology and modernization support services for the Department of Agriculture’s farm production and conservation information solutions division. FPAC ISD runs and maintains IT applications and services backing all systems of USDA’s natural resources conservation service, NetImpact said Wednesday. Under the Cypress contract, the […]

Government market intelligence platform HigherGov said 433 M&A deals in the aerospace, defense and government market were announced in 2022, booking $46 billion in total. In its Aerospace, Defense and Government M&A Review 2022 Report published Wednesday, HigherGov said the 2022 figure was 10 percent lower than 479 transactions logged in 2021 but was the […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BAE Systems a $12 million contract to integrate and test an open architecture targeting system designed to help military users identify and engage maritime surface vessels from air-launched platforms. Work on the multimode seeker technology will continue under phase two of the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program Joint Capability […]

NASA has awarded $76 million in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to three women-owned small businesses to deliver human capital support services to the space agency. The awardees were IBEX IT Business Experts, Bryce Solutions and Strategy Consulting Team, NASA said Thursday. Contract work will include providing human resources business partner advisory support, subject-matter expertise in human capital policy […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration approved the mentor-protege program partnership between Dayton, Ohio-headquartered Woolpert and coastal and water resources research and engineering company Taylor Engineering on coastal engineering development work. Under the six-year initiative, Woolpert will assist Taylor in expanding its technical consulting expertise, remote-sensing instrumentation and data collection capacity for federal clients while Taylor […]

The launch window for Rocket Lab USA’s Electron mission will open on Jan. 23 after it was delayed in December due to unfavorable weather conditions and additional time required to complete regulatory documentation.  Rocket Lab USA said Wednesday the mission will launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to deploy […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems completed three live, virtual, and constructive combat missions using artificially intelligent pilots on its Avenger unmanned aircraft system. General Atomics said Wednesday the flights mark a new milestone in GA-ASI’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft ecosystem for Autonomous Collaborative Platform UAS. The Avenger was paired with a “digital twin” aircraft operated virtually using […]

Keith Masback, former president and CEO of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, has joined Cognitive Space as an independent member of its board of directors. The company said Tuesday he brings over 30 years experience, including as director of the Source Operations Group at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Masback has been an adviser to the […]