ExecutiveBiz News on Video 1/18/2022

Mike Barthlow, former senior vice president and general manager of Cubic Corp., has been named the president and CEO of BT Federal, the U.S. government-focused business arm of BT Group. The company announced on Tuesday that Barthlow will bring more than 25 years of senior experience in communications, technology and infrastructure to the role and […]

Kate Zimmerman, a computer engineer specializing in artificial intelligence/machine learning, has been named HawkEye 360’s first chief data scientist. At HawkEye 360, Zimmerman will develop the company’s data science strategy, drive analytics enhancements and lead a team of scientists in AI/ML product development, the Herndon, Virginia-based radio frequency and geospatial intelligence company said Tuesday. “With her superior […]

AT&T, Weminuche, T-Mobile License, Three Forty-Five Spectrum and U.S. Cellular emerged as the top five bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of spectrum licenses for 5G wireless services in the 3.45 gigahertz band. FCC said Friday the 5G spectrum auction generated $22.5 billion in gross proceeds and that over 33 percent of the top […]

Stauder Technologies has received a potential five-year, $49.2 million contract to make enhancements on a range of interoperability software, and develop plugins for digital precision strike applications used by the Department of Defense and allied forces. The company will create and provide software enhancements to the Joint Effects Coordination Link under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, […]

James Geurts, former assistant secretary at the U.S. Navy and previous Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of advisers at artificial intelligence-based software company Torch.AI. He brings more than three decades of experience in the military and in managing $148 billion in annual Navy funding for research, development, acquisition, production, contracting and sustainment, Torch.AI […]

Paragon Space Development will continue to build the life support system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost – the first crew module of NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station – under a newly finalized contract worth more than $100 million with Northrop Grumman. The HALO Environment Control and Life Support System will help maintain air temperature […]

Sagar Deshpande, a licensed professional civil engineer and surveyor with more than 20-year industry experience, has been appointed to serve as a senior geospatial technology manager at Dewberry. He will be based at Dewberry’s office in Fairfax, Virginia, and will help manage remote sensing operations and lidar production, the professional services firm said Monday. Prior […]

Stratolaunch has completed the third flight test of its Roc carrier aircraft that will support the launch of autonomous, rocket-powered hypersonic testbed vehicles, dubbed Talon-A. Roc landed at Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Sunday four hours and 23 minutes after it took off and reached an altitude of more than 23,500 feet, […]

Scholarship donations amounting to $30,000 have been awarded by ASRC Federal to a pair of Maryland Eastern Shore higher education institutions. The funding was raised in cooperation with a cohort of member companies of the Wallops Contractors Association at Wallops Flight Facility. The information technology company said Tuesday it granted $15,000 each to Eastern Shore Community College […]

An Agile Defense-made automation tool for Security Technical Implementation Guides compliance was granted authority to operate on the networks of the Department of Defense. The company said Monday its DuroSuite is designed for security configuration audits and vulnerability remediation efforts as well as compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency’s STIGs. According to Hector Collazo, […]