ExecutiveBiz News on Video 12/21/2021

Josh Jackson, senior vice president and portfolio lead for Science Applications International Corp.’s U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps business, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview discussing SAIC’s recent $556 million Technical Services Navy contract award win. In addition, Jackson also shared his thoughts and first hand experiences with the Navy’s human […]

A joint venture between Axient, which rebranded from QuantiTech earlier this year, and Radial Solutions Inc. has booked a potential five-year, $196.8 million Marshall Engineering Technicians and Trades Support contract to support NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, RSi-QuantiTech JV will provide engineering technicians, as well as trade services and management oversight to support technical […]

Consortium Management Group has received a potential $175.8 million award from the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch modernize an airborne high-frequency radio system. The other transaction authority is for the rapid fielding phase of the modernization program and encompasses production deliveries, first article testing, operational test support, initial contractor support and training […]

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded Maxar Technologies a $9.3 million contract to further develop and deliver to the agency a pair of robotic arms for in-space assembly activities. Maxar said Monday it will test and provide its approximately six-foot-long robotic arms within a three-year timeline. The arms will run on a single motor with […]

Viasat has secured a pair of contracts from the Navy Exchange Service Command to provide telecommunication network services for sailors deployed at the U.S. Navy’s installations in Guam and Poland. The company said Monday it will deliver a fiber Wi-Fi network, voice communications and TV network services to Naval Station Guam and Andersen Air Force […]

More companies are offering to pay younger employees in cryptocurrency as part of efforts to attract talent, CNBC reported Monday. One of those companies is independent ratings agency SharpRank, which taps influential college students or “campus captains” to help build up the startup’s user base by serving as brand ambassadors. Chris Adams, founder and CEO […]

L3Harris Technologies has achieved a milestone on a program led by the Missile Defense Agency and proceeded to the construction of a new demonstration satellite meant to track hypersonic and ballistic missiles. The company said Monday it completed the critical design review of MDA’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor and kicked off the succeeding […]

Parsons has secured a potential four-year, $38 million task order to provide core infrastructure, utilities and integration services for the U.S. Army’s tactical applications. The company said Monday it will help the Army mature the command post computing environment, which provides a unified situational awareness picture for warfighters. The Army uses CPCE to accelerate operational […]

A Xerox company has received a $5.8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build an artificial intelligence system meant to provide users with augmented reality guidance in performing tasks beyond their skillsets. Palo Alto Research Center will lead a team composed of the University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Rostock and […]

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies have concluded ahead of schedule a system requirements review of the Next Generation Interceptor. The milestone came after the Northrop-Raytheon team demonstrated the NGI Common Software Factory, which supports rapid software development and delivery through DevSecOps implementation, the companies said in a joint release published Monday. In March, the Northrop-led […]