ExecutiveBiz News on Video 8/12/2022

Greg Bateman, regional vice president of Defense – 4th Estate at Salesforce, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the business behind Salesforce’s federal and defense portfolio of offerings and how leveraging recent acquisitions has helped Salesforce see success in this competitive market during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Greg Bateman below ExecutiveBiz: What […]

HII has secured a potential six-year, $79 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide live, virtual and constructive training capabilities in support of the Mobility Air Force Distributed Mission Operations. The company said Thursday its mission technologies division will deliver cybersecurity, network engineering, standards development and logistics to support a wide range […]

Visionist, a Columbia, Maryland-based software company, has received a four-year, $70 million prime contract from the Department of Defense to upgrade a voice communication system used for intelligence missions. More than 30 technical personnel will be tasked to perform voice-based processing application development and additional technical services are expected to occur through 2024, the company said […]

Conti Federal Services has won a $49.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a tactical operations center at Hurlburt Field Air Force Base in Florida. The company said Wednesday it will perform infrastructure demolition work before it constructs a complex of facilities encompassing more than 103,700 square feet. “The opportunity […]

Jim Ford, a 20-year U.S. Navy intelligence officer veteran and former director at Microsoft‘s federal business, has been appointed to serve in the dual role of president and chief strategy officer at Semantic AI. The newly hired executive will head functions related to business development, product strategy, industry offerings, delivery and customer experience, Semantic AI said Thursday. Ford brings […]

Mike Anderson, formerly president of Systems Engineering Group, has joined Valkyrie Enterprises to serve as senior vice president and chief technical officer. The executive will be responsible for Valkyrie’s command, control, communications, computers, cyber and intelligence business area, the engineering, technology and operational solutions company said Wednesday. Anderson’s career includes time with SEG as president, […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne has opened a 51,000-square-foot facility in Camden, Arkansas, that consolidates multiple activities involved in producing solid rocket motors. The company said Wednesday it will make propulsion systems in the new building to power the updated version of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 weapon system, which Lockheed Martin makes for defense customers. Eileen Drake, president and […]

The U.S. Navy has qualified an Elbit Systems of America subsidiary to compete for sonobuoy delivery orders under a multiple-award contract. Sparton said Thursday it received vendor designation that allows the maritime electronic systems supplier to pursue work through the branch’s sonobuoy procurement vehicle. Naval Air Systems Command first announced the contract in July and […]

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and the Department of Defense have named the final contestants of the preliminary event of a multi-stage 5G Challenge prize competition. The first-year 5G Challenge Preliminary Event focused on Radio Access Network subsystem interoperability and called for technologies to support the network’s distributed unit, centralized […]

A new government sector business unit was established under pharmaceutical company Kaleo in an effort to drive domestic and international sales of an opioid antagonist intended for use by military personnel and chemical incident responders. Kaleo said Wednesday the recently launched business arm will handle Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System procurement activities and lead the addition […]