ExecutiveBiz News on Video 8/26/2022

Garrett Lacaillade, who has been with BAE Systems for more than a decade working in roles of increasing responsibilities, was promoted to the role of vice president and general manager of amphibious vehicles at the company’s U.S. business arm. In a LinkedIn post on Thursday, the over 14-year company veteran made the announcement of his move […]

HawkEye 360 will build and demonstrate overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command under a two-year cooperative research and development agreement. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficient, effective, and resilient systems that strengthen how the U.S. Army mobilizes, protects, and sustains expeditionary forces leveraging […]

Atlas Space Operations has raised $26 million in a round of Series B financing led by Mitsui & Co. and will use the investment to further advance its Ground Software as a Service business model and international growth initiatives. “This investment well capitalizes the company to accelerate growth in key areas of commercial and US […]

Allen Badeau, chief technology officer of Empower AI, has recommended four steps for government agencies to consider when laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence adoption as part of their information technology modernization plans. He wrote in an opinion piece for Federal News Network published Thursday that agencies must validate, clean and standardize data sources that […]

Megan Mattingly, a business development professional with more than 10 years of experience in the federal civilian information technology industry, has joined HighPoint Digital as a capture manager. She will work as part of the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered company’s business development team and oversee the overall capture process across the contracts, operations and finance functions, HighPoint […]

A joint venture between Ameresco and Hannah Solar Government Services will carry out a microgrid installation project for the Department of Defense at an overland military facility located in New Mexico. Under a contract, the partnership will set up the system at the White Sands Missile Range to power potable water wells over a 14-day […]

Paperless Innovations considers human resource-driven information technology provisioning as a best practice in the federal government as agencies look to implement zero trust approach to network modernization. The company said identity is among possible sources of security threats to cloud applications and highlighted it as “the first pillar of zero trust” because continuous user authentication […]

Amazon Web Services and Red River have agreed to expand the companies’ business relationship in a push to help government and enterprise clients transition information technology operations to cloud infrastructure. Red River said Thursday it looks to expand its cloud migration and platform development experience through the new multiyear collaboration pact. The Claremont, New Hampshire-based […]

Northrop Grumman continues to collaborate with the U.S. Air Force to integrate a radar aided targeting system and other new capabilities into the defense contractor’s B-2 Spirit Stealth heavy bomber. The company said Thursday RATS is meant to enable B-2 to fully employ the B-61 mod 12 nuclear bomb, with the integration expected to conclude […]

Flashpoint has obtained authorization from the Department of Defense to participate in a Pentagon initiative that seeks to offer skilled employment training for U.S. military members within 90 to 180 days. Under the Skillbridge program, the company will help service members transition from military work and find placement within the company based on experience, availability […]