ExecutiveBiz News on Video 6/7/2022

Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Defense, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the most critical capabilities that are being developed for U.S. military branches as warfighters continue to adapt to the proper training requirements to adapt to the latest emerging technologies. In addition, Rick Lober also discussed how recent partnerships have helped Hughes Defense to […]

ECS has been awarded a spot on a potential $203.6 million contract from the Federal Communications Commission for application maintenance and support. Under the multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, ECS is slated to deliver program and project management services, software and application upkeep, documentation and extreme programming to the FCC Information Technology Center, the Fairfax, Virginia-headquartered information […]

Deloitte Consulting has won a five-year, $83.6 million contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identify vulnerabilities in military energy systems and determine an approach to address the security threats. USACE received three bids for the firm-fixed-price contract and obligated $2.1 million at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Monday. […]

Ryan Angold, a veteran naval special warfare officer with the U.S. Navy, was promoted to the role of CEO at ADS, where he has served in several ranks of increasing responsibilities for more than a decade now. He took the company helm from Jason Wallace, who has been with the defense contractor for almost 25 […]

Northrop Grumman has begun to implement its five-year, $111 million deal with the U.S. Navy to update key functions of E-6B Mercury airborne command planes. The company accepted last month the first aircraft that will go through Block II system enhancements at the Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the Naval Air […]

Boeing and NATO launched a three-month innovation challenge that allowed participants from universities in the Netherlands to propose concepts for autonomous systems designed to help the alliance improve situational awareness and address other pressing needs. “Project X sets a benchmark for new and creative ways to engage academia and industry and help Allies develop and […]

Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has expanded its GhostEye family of radars with the addition of a variant designed for medium‐range air defense operations. The new GhostEye MR radar is developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense in collaboration with Kongsberg Gruppen’s defense and aerospace unit and is available for integration with the National Advanced […]

BAE Systems has moved to increase the level of GPS jamming protection for aircraft operating in contested environments by broadening the beamforming capabilities of its Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receiver. The company said Monday it enabled beamforming with Trimble receivers to expand its DIGAR system’s capabilities.  BAE engineers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, developed software to broaden […]

Inmarsat and Honeywell have introduced a new satellite communications service for government and business airborne users. SwiftJet is backed by Inmarsat’s ELERA satellite network and is set to become commercially available in the first half of 2023 to deliver inflight connectivity over L-band, Inmarsat said Monday. SwiftJet uses Honeywell-built hardware that can be installed on […]

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has hosted a keel laying ceremony in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to formally start the construction of the U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. The keel plate of the USS District of Columbia, designated as SSBN 826, bore the initials of  Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the sponsor of the […]