ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/12/2022

AT&T and Lockheed Martin conducted a test in August and achieved an 80 percent reduction in transfer time of health and usage data for analysis from a Sikorsky-built UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the 5G.MIL multisite pilot network using AT&T’s 5G private cellular network. The test demonstrated the interoperability between the 5G.MIL network and private […]

KBR announced on Monday that the company has received a five-year, $38 million contract to provide maintenance support and sustainment of 23 Automated Fuel Handling Equipment sites across the globe by the Defense Logistics Agency. “This work supports DLA’s efforts to reduce waste, improve productivity and prevent environmental pollution, in addition to aligning with our corporate sustainability […]

Luis Lara, a nearly three-decade U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been appointed director of business development at CGI’s federal subsidiary. The retired colonel shared the news of his appointment at CGI Federal in a LinkedIn post. Lara served as program manager for training systems at Marine Corps Systems Command from June 2018 until his retirement […]

Eugene Chang oversees business strategy development and execution for the U.S. subsidiary of British defense technology company QinetiQ. He also provides strategic leadership to other areas such as mergers and acquisitions, investments and partnerships in his current role as chief strategy officer. In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, Chang said that QinetiQ looks into factors […]

Science Applications International Corp. has received a five-year, $39.6 million follow-on contract to help the Missile Defense Agency’s Quick Reaction Team research, develop and test the U.S. military’s missile defense system. SAIC will perform trade studies, generate technical reports and data inputs and provide advisory and analytical services to support the development and deployment of […]

Intel has inaugurated a $20 billion project to establish a semiconductor manufacturing site, which the company dubbed Silicon Heartland, in Ohio. Officials broke ground on the first of two state-of-the-art chipmaking facilities that Intel plans to build in Licking County through 2025, the company said Friday. U.S. President Joe Biden, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and […]

The Department of Agriculture has tapped information technology company Sierra7 to provide services in support of the Mahogany Farm Production and Conservation IT Service Desk. The $10.9 million award requires Sierra7 personnel to address IT requests from FPAC users and assist in FPAC application lifecycle management efforts, the company announced Thursday. Work will involve but […]

Apple and satellite communications company Globalstar have teamed up to establish a satellite network that will provide the former’s iPhone 14 family with messaging service capability from remote places lacking traditional cellular infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Emergency SOS feature of iPhone 14 models will allow for emergency satellite service via the […]

Chris Cummiskey, CEO of consulting firm Cummiskey Strategic Solutions and former acting under secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was added to the board of advisers of Millennium Corp., a contractor that offers cyber Red Team capabilities in both defense and federal civilian markets. “It is a privilege to join such an accomplished group […]

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is soliciting proposals for a funding program that will involve research and development of capabilities for the detection of non-trackable orbital space debris. A broad agency announcement posted Friday on SAM.gov lists two task areas under the Space Debris Identification and Tracking program: development of new methods for debris signature […]