ExecutiveBiz News on Video 11/30/2022

The Internal Revenue Service awarded ECS a two-year, $26 million contract to lead data migration at the agency’s Services and Enforcement Division. The award is part of the six-year IRS Modernization Plan, which includes standardizing data and cybersecurity and improving services to taxpayers, the Fairfax, Virginia-headquartered technology services provider said Wednesday. Under the contract, ECS […]

Empower AI and AmeriinfoVets have formed a joint venture, called Sugarloaf Technologies, to develop artificial intelligence and other emerging information technology platforms for defense and civilian agencies. Empower AI said Tuesday it will share best practices and offer assistance to AI-Vets in the areas of technology, engineering, management, general administration, contracting, strategic counsel and business […]

Raytheon Technologies and a Boeing subsidiary have completed critical design reviews for Space Systems Command’s overhead persistent infrared technology-powered sensors intended to identify and track missile threats. Lt. Col. Gary Goff, materiel leader for strategic payloads with SSC’s Space Sensing directorate, said in a statement published Monday that the assessments have determined that the Missile […]

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS operated compute and machine learning services on a satellite in low-Earth orbit as part of a space experiment meant to test a method for gathering and analyzing space data using the cloud in support of decision-makers. “Providing AWS edge capabilities onboard […]

AvePoint has named Kevin Briggs, former executive at Qualtrics’ federal business, as vice president of its U.S. public sector segment. Briggs will focus on AvePoint’s growing education, federal, state and local government clients that need support in cloud-based applications and digital collaboration security, the company said Tuesday. Before Qualtrics, Briggs worked for nearly a decade […]

Lockheed Martin‘s uncrewed Orion capsule has surpassed the farthest distance ever traveled by a human-rated spacecraft, CNN reported Monday. NASA confirmed that the capsule, which launched Nov. 16 aboard the Space Launch System powered by Boeing‘s core stage, has so far flown 270,000 miles from Earth. The distance is more than 40,000 miles past the […]

BAE Systems will look to integrate Red 6‘s augmented reality technology with the Hawk aircraft trainer platform for military pilots under a memorandum of understanding signed between the two companies. Both parties seek to facilitate airmen training in virtual cooperation and threat management for modern battlefield scenarios with the Red 6-built Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality […]

Unimed Government Services, a certified woman-owned small business, has won a five-year contract to deliver medical and dental goods to the Department of Defense in support of service members and veterans. The potential $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is a fixed-price award with potential economic-price-adjustment, the supply chain services-focused company said Wednesday. “We strive to apply our […]

L3Harris Technologies has selected information technology startup SoVerry to provide IT consulting services in support of a software project with the Department of Defense. SoVerry said Tuesday it was awarded a one-year contract to help with the L3Harris DOD Implementation project, which will involve integrating nearly 20 divisions onto L3Harris’ SAP system. Work is expected to […]

BAE Systems has partnered with Microsoft to equip its artificial intelligence-based wargaming platform with cloud computing capabilities to provide high-fidelity simulations across the air, land, sea, space and cyber domains.  The defense contractor said Tuesday that the Pioneer system will utilize the Azure cloud to deliver an immersive wargaming environment to military customers. “With tight […]