ExecutiveBiz News on Video 10/24/2022

Bahman Atefi, the late CEO of Alion Science and Technology who passed away in March 2018, was the recipient of the 2006 Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Atefi was the notable federal contracting industry leader behind Alion’s shift from a nonprofit organization then called […]

The Florida Department of Children and Families has deployed a security control system from LexisNexis Special Services to protect the state’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from being exploited by international fraudsters, News 6 reported Friday. The move is part of DCF’s efforts to prevent a potential rise in overseas scammers that would try to […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a $7.8 million contract to work on a scalable laser weapon system under the Modular Efficient Laser Technology program.  The aerospace and defense company bested eight other bidders for the award, the Department of Defense said Friday.  The MELT program aims to build a modular […]

Susan Indermill, who has been with BIT Systems since 2004, was appointed as director for strategic national initiatives at CACI International, the executive announced via a LinkedIn post on Saturday. Indermill has been serving as the national tactical coordinator and capture executive at BIT Systems, a CACI International business unit, since 2015. She also worked […]

HII has signed an 11.5-year lease agreement with real estate investment trust JBG Smith for a new office on the National Landing mixed-use property in Arlington, Virginia. The military shipbuilder said Thursday some personnel will relocate to the leased space in the summer of 2023 from an existing company facility in the Navy Yard. Under […]

Booz Allen Hamilton released Velocity, a publication of contributions from the company’s talent and partners who seek to provide government and industry leaders with expertise in workforce, national security, defense, society and technology as well as other technical areas. In her published opening remarks, Susan Penfield, chief technology officer of Booz Allen, said the first […]

Modeling and simulation software developer Defcon AI has received a $1.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue development of its operational mobility simulation platform. The company said Friday the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research funding will be used to advance its training and rehearsal tool that simulates the Air Mobility Command’s operational […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaborate with Virginia-based digital marketing company Katzcy to bring together cybersecurity athletes to represent the U.S. at an international competition. Both parties sealed a five-year pact to perform cooperative work through the U.S. Cyber Games, which the woman-owned small business and NIST’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education […]

A joint venture led by General Electric and TerraPower have teamed up to construct and operate a Natrium Fuel Facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, to boost the production of advanced nuclear reactors in the U.S.  TerraPower and the Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program will fund the development of the new facility at Global […]

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has given $38 million in funding to 12 projects focused on developing technologies to recycle fuel generated from nuclear power reactors. The proposals include separating used nuclear fuel components to reduce waste, developing safeguards for recycling facilities, and creating fuel feedstock, ARPA-E said Friday. Argonne National Laboratory […]