ExecutiveBiz News on Video 5/25/2022

Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of Public Sector Earth Intelligence for Maxar, as well as a five-time Wash100 Award winner, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about this unprecedented time for geospatial intelligence, the emergence of GPS-denied navigation, and the future of work. In addition, Frazier also shared news about an upcoming GEOINT community event to be […]

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential seven-year, $390 million task order from the U.S. Space Force for technical assistance to update the national global positioning systems program. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Wednesday it will sustain its systems engineering and integration services under the task order, which is awarded under the One Acquisition Solution for […]

The National Reconnaissance Office has selected three space technology companies for a 10-year, multibillion-dollar contracting program to acquire commercial imagery and remote sensing data products for the defense and intelligence communities. BlackSky, Maxar and Planet have received the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer awards from the NRO in order to initiate enhanced transparency, situational awareness and humanitarian aid, […]

Teledyne FLIR‘s unmanned ground systems division will provide technical support to the U.S. Army’s robotic payloads under a $78.6 million contract. The Department of Defense said Tuesday work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract runs through May 21, 2027. Separately, Teledyne Flir announced a $14 million order from the Army to supply soldiers with updated nano unmanned […]

Balaji Tamirisa, formerly vice president of research and development at Itron, has joined Dedrone as chief technology officer, responsible for supervising continued tech portfolio expansion and ensuring that the company maintains its position in the airspace security market. He brings to his new role at Dedrone more than 20 years of experience in engineering, program […]

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS and AlchemistX selected 10 startups for a four-week program meant to provide mentoring, technical and business development support to help such companies further develop their space technology platforms. The AWS Space Accelerator, which started the application process in March, will kick […]

Seventy-two percent of the 100 U.S. defense companies included in a Black Kite analysis have at least one credential that has been compromised within a 90-day period, the cyber risk monitoring company said in its new report. The “Centralizing Supply Chain Cybersecurity: U.S. Federal Government Risk in 2022” report indicates the number of contractors that […]

Octo has opened the doors of its newly expanded oLabs research and development center to the consulting company’s partners and interested parties. On Monday, Octo debuted its new facility, which, at 14,000 square feet, is the most expansive R&D center for federal government work in the DC metro area, the company said. “Using next-gen IT and […]

Jim Moran, formerly congressman of Virginia, was appointed to the advisory board of Castellum, where he will work with other business executives and senior cybersecurity or information technology professionals to support company growth. Castellum said Tuesday Moran pushed for technology and defense advocacies during his over two decades of congressional service in addition to becoming […]

The General Services Administration is soliciting questions, recommendations and comments on a draft performance work statement for the Ascend blanket purchase agreement that seeks to meet the common cloud requirements of defense and federal civilian agencies. GSA plans to award the Ascend BPA through a phased approach as part of the agency’s Cloud Marketplace vision, […]