ExecutiveBiz News on Video 6/15/2022

Robert Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the core values that drive the company’s culture as well as how Airbus is addressing the challenge of recruitment and talent retention in the highly competitive federal marketplace. In addition, Robert Geckle discussed the company’s strategic goals for the rest of 2022 […]

Government contracting veteran Trey Theimer has been named chief growth officer of digital transformation services company DMI. As CGO, Theimer will be expected to spearhead business development, sales and marketing while planning and executing DMI’s market expansion, the Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered company said Wednesday. Jay Sunny Bajaj, CEO and founder of DMI, commented that Theimer’s addition to the executive […]

The United States is in the midst of a microelectronics dilemma. Demand for semiconductor chips has skyrocketed but supply chain problems have created a drastic decline in chip manufacturing, sparking a national security issue for the U.S. “Semiconductors are essential to national security,” according to a White House supply chain report. These chips are at the […]

Lockheed Martin will deliver its flow battery technology for installation at a U.S. Army military base in Colorado to help the Department of Defense advance its renewable energy generation goals. The company said Tuesday it secured a contract to install the GridStar Flow long-duration energy storage system at Fort Carson, where it will serve as […]

BlueHalo has received an $11 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide optical laser communications flight terminals and ground station that the service branch’s research arm will use on satellite service demonstration. The company said it will help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop and test several technologies for on-orbit processing of satellite […]

Northrop Grumman performed a ground demonstration of a laser communications system as part of a prototype satellite constellation for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer. The company said Tuesday Mynaric supplied the laser communications in the space domain and Innoflight provided encryption, decryption and other components of its prototype architecture. […]

Cherokee Federal‘s nation management and consulting organization was presented with the Vanguard Award for Superior Corporate Leadership in recognition of its support of critical humanitarian missions. The award from the International Stability Operations Association highlighted Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting’s work with the departments of State and Health and Human Services and other government agencies […]

Carahsoft Technology will bring Cofense’s phishing detection and response platforms to federal, state and local government customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. Cofense’s PDR platform uses automated technology and crowdsourced intelligence to help organizations mitigate cyberthreats in minutes and protect themselves from phishing, ransomware, malware threats and other cyber vulnerabilities that bypass secure […]

A Raytheon Technologies business tested an approach for direct communications between machines as part of a risk reduction effort before taking part in the U.S. military’s capability experimentation across multidomain training scenarios. Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted its machine-to-machine communications demonstration ahead of the unit’s scheduled participation in the biennial Valiant Shield exercise, the company […]

A new SolarWinds report indicates that three-quarters of government information technology professionals surveyed within the U.S. and Canada are looking to adopt hybrid IT strategies over the next three years. The software company said Tuesday that the SolarWinds IT Trends Report’s public sector segment covered responses from 79 North America-based tech specialists and aimed to determine how their departments […]