ExecutiveBiz News on Video 11/29/2022

The U.S. Navy has started soliciting input from industry stakeholders to assess whether to hold an on-ramp process for a potential 10-year, $982.1 million multiple-award contract to provide support services for the military branch’s unmanned surface vehicle family of systems. Naval Sea Systems Command issued a request for information to gauge industry interest in a […]

CGI Federal has been approved to deliver financial management services within the Department of the Treasury’s new Financial Management Quality Service Management Office. The authorization makes CGI Federal the first commercial organization permitted to offer services in the new shared services marketplace, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company said Tuesday. “We are proud to help clients across the federal […]

The first aircraft of the F-16 Block 70/72 configuration is set to depart from Lockheed Martin‘s production site in Greenville, South Carolina, in preparation for its delivery to an international defense customer.  In a LinkedIn post, Greg Ulmer, executive vice president of Lockheed’s aeronautics business, shared that the fighter jet has completed the final assembly […]

Russell Roberts, former chief information officer at the Transportation Security Administration, was tapped by Unissant to serve as its chief experience officer.   In his role, Roberts will supervise Unissant’s customer experience initiatives, aid clients in building information technology strategies and help in the development of an inclusive strategic plan for the company, the data […]

The U.S. Army has opened three early-stage contract opportunities for U.S.-based small businesses capable of developing materials-readiness technologies using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The Phase I contracts are funded through the Army Applied Small Business Innovation Research Program and are projected to take 6 to 13 months to complete, the service branch said Monday. […]

Honeybee Robotics, a research, development and manufacturing engineering company, has landed a $17.7 million contract to support NASA’s construction of the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Retrieval System. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Honeybee will provide manpower, services, equipment and facilities for the CCRS Earth Entry System and its component, the Spin Eject Mechanism, the […]

The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking prototype concepts for a customizable, lightweight and projection-based helmet-mounted display for the F-22 Raptor jet. According to DIU’s notice, interested entities have until Dec. 5 to submit bids including a complete HMD proposal for the Raptor Open System Tactical Helmet Display activity. The Defense Department plans to award an other […]

Lockheed Martin and Intel have implemented 5G communications capabilities on flight-ready hardware using commercial 5G standards and open systems architecture as part of efforts to improve connectivity and accelerate decision-making for military operators across domains. Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed said Monday it integrated a 5G Core and Open Radio Access Network technology into its 5G.MIL Hybrid […]

Northstar Medical Radioisotopes has finished its project to build a molybdenum-99 factory in Beloit, Wisconsin, with the technical and financial backing of the National Nuclear Security Administration. The facility is the world’s first plant that will produce the isotope using a new technology that does not need highly enriched uranium and is projected to increase […]

The U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has secured a recommendation from the Department of Defense to offer a counter-small unmanned aerial system platform to military customers. The endorsement from the Pentagon’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office comes after Rafael Systems Global Sustainment completed a test series for the Drone Dome offering […]