ExecutiveBiz News on Video 5/2/2022

Tina Dolph, formerly president and CEO of Siemens’ government-focused U.S. arm, has been appointed as chief global officer of independent nonprofit organization CRDF Global. She will use her decades-long experience in the federal government contracting industry to help CRDF expand global footprint and increase science and technology-driven work with U.S. and allied countries, the nonprofit […]

Andrew Hallman, a career national security and intelligence leader, has been named vice president of national security strategy and integration at Peraton. Starting on May 9, Peraton said Monday Hallman will oversee the creation, testing and implementation of new intelligence missions at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology and consulting company. “As he’s proven throughout his career, Andrew […]

Raytheon Technologies has secured a three-year, $102.2 million contract that provides for guided missile round packs, spare replacement parts and recertification for the Block 2 and 2A variants of the Rolling Airframe Missile system for the U.S. Navy and four foreign military sales customers. Seventy-five percent of RAM purchases come from the Navy while the […]

The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for a potential five-year, $88 million contract to provide design and engineering support services for Group I unmanned aircraft systems. The service branch plans to compete the Soldier UAS Design and Engineering Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as a small business set-aside program, according to a solicitation published Friday. Group I […]

Strider Technologies has secured $45 million in a round of Series B funding led by Valor Equity Partners and is planning to modernize its existing data and software offerings, develop new capabilities and increase workforce and market presence through the new capital. The Salt Lake City-based strategic intelligence provider said Wednesday the financing round was […]

VMware has appointed Nicole Anasenes, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Ansys, to its board of directors. As a board member, Anasenes will share experience gained from several high-level finance, business and technology positions, the Palo Alto, California-based cloud computing and virtualization company said Monday. The executive’s expertise lies in finance and operations, mergers and […]

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary continues to provide support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s on-orbit evaluation of a small satellite that was launched in December 2021. AFRL deployed the Blue Canyon Technologies-built Ascent spacecraft to test in geostationary orbit the performance of commercial satellite systems, including a cold gas propulsion system from the Georgia Institute […]

Boeing has invested in NextFlex to expand the workforce development programs of the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute in nine regions where the company manufacturing hubs are located. The FlexFactor and Flex2Future– the high school and community college-focused programs of NextFlex– will gain $1.1 million from Boeing to help reach 7,000 students in New […]

A Sierra Nevada subsidiary is close to completing the first Dream Chaser spaceplane being built at a facility in Colorado, SpaceNews reported Friday. Sierra Space has yet to install thermal protection systems and other components into the vehicle, dubbed Tenacity. Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice said the spaceplane’s structural testing is already completed and the […]

NASA is seeking feedback on its initial plans for a proposed initiative to collect samples on the surface of Mars using the Perseverance rover and return the scientifically selected items to Earth for analysis and research. The space agency said Friday comments about the scope of an upcoming Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mars […]