ExecutiveBiz News on Video 8/18/2022

Liz Martin, director of the Department of Defense Business at Amazon Web Services, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the impact that artificial intelligence capabilities are having on the U.S. military as well as the influence of emerging technologies and the importance of giving back and making a difference in the military community during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has exercised five option years on a potential 10-year, $5 billion site support contract with a joint venture of HII, Jacobs and Honeywell International. Mission Support and Test Services will continue to run the Nevada National Security Site in Nye County through Nov. 30, 2027, after the agency determined the extension was the […]

The U.S. Navy has tapped the federal business of Verizon to handle message traffic and manage data information for naval support centers in Pennsylvania under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $31.7 million. Verizon Federal will perform integrated voice and data services for the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic to assist the […]

KBR has received a potential $20 million contract to help the U.S. Geological Survey deploy, repair, operate and maintain its domestic and international seismographic systems. The company said Wednesday its team of engineers and scientists will install and operate the USGS component of a digital network of over 150 geophysical and seismological sensors worldwide, dubbed […]

VSE has received an $86 million increase to the ceiling value of an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Navy for providing technical support to foreign navies. The Alexandria, Virginia-based management consulting services company will use the additional amount for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the Egyptian navy’s four Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, four fast missile […]

Rheinmetall’s U.S. defense arm has teamed up with General Motors‘ defense business to compete in a new U.S. Army program to build a replacement platform for the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles. The team will offer an Americanized version of Rheinmetall’s militarized HX3-series truck to pursue work on the first phase of the $5 billion […]

BAE Systems has secured a $17.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a compact, frequency-agile and low-noise radio frequency oscillators. The company said Wednesday its FAST Labs unit will work with subcontractor GenXComm to create the next generation technology under DARPA’s Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise program. […]

Boeing and Northrop Grumman have joined the list of companies that have pledged support for the White House-led Additive Manufacturing Forward strategy. The two manufacturers are set to pursue initiatives in support of supply chain resilience in the AM or 3D printing industry, AM Forward organizer Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America said Wednesday. Both […]

Maximus has secured a six-year master services agreement with the National Association of State Procurement Officers to update a tool that Nebraska’s Medicaid providers use to manage electronic records.  The company said Wednesday it will perform technical support work to help modernize the provider module of the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. NASPO chose Maximus […]

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched its Frontier supercomputer designed to help researchers accelerate scientific discoveries. Frontier is the world’s first exascale computer composed of 74 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray EX cabinets that include 9,400 Advanced Micro Devices-powered nodes and 90 miles of interconnect cables, ORNL said Wednesday. “Exascale computing is […]