ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/28/2021

Verizon’s public sector business has secured five Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders, worth a combined $887 million, from the Department of Labor to modernize the agency’s legacy network infrastructure. The company said Tuesday it will work to drive the adoption of technologies to enhance data, voice, unified communications, video services and enterprise applications for the DOL’s […]

M1 Support Services will continue providing aircraft maintenance services to the U.S. Air Force under a potential $82 million modification to a seven-year contract with a total cumulative face value of $447 million. The Department of Defense said Monday the 82nd Contracting Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base has exercised the sixth option period of […]

Siemens’ federal arm will upgrade cooling and ventilation systems in a Defense Information Systems Agency facility at Hill Air Force Base in Utah under a $14 million task order awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Siemens Government Technologies said Monday it secured the task order under USACE’s potential seven-year, $1.2 billion Utility Monitoring […]

The U.S. Postal Service has tapped Lumen Technologies, a federal information technology service contractor, to provide network modernization services needed to strengthen and support operations in over 32,000 post offices and mail processing locations. Under the task order, Lumen will leverage its adaptive networking, edge cloud, connected security and collaboration capabilities to provide secure networking and managed […]

Boeing has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet, designed to be the most networked and survivable version of the multirole fighter aircraft. The Block III jet features open hardware and software that enable engineers to develop and integrate upgrades throughout its lifespan to meet future threats, the aerospace company […]

Lockheed Martin has received an other transaction authority agreement from the U.S. Army to provide prototypes of the service’s next-generation tactical vehicle for manufacturing proof of concept. Ken Strayer, the service’s project manager for electronic warfare and cyber, said the Terrestrial Layer System will deliver electronic warfare, signals intelligence and cyber capabilities in support of […]

Sikorsky held a ceremony Friday to mark the completion of the first CH-53K cargo helicopter that was produced for the U.S. Marine Corps at the manufacturer’s digital factory in Stratford, Connecticut. The Lockheed Martin subsidiary built the new King Stallion vehicle using digital technology and other advanced manufacturing equipment, as part of a 200-unit USMC […]

Thoma Bravo has wrapped up its strategic investment in Intel 471, highlighting the cyber intelligence company’s customer-focused business model and pool of cybersecurity experts for threat actors monitoring. Mark Arena, Intel 471 CEO, said in a statement published Monday the company is eyeing to expand its product offering and strengthen innovation through the partnership. Intel […]

Raytheon Technologies has selected Curtiss-Wright to supply a modular open-systems approach processor and networking modules for what would be the central processing component of a special operations aircraft. Curtiss-Wright said Monday its MOSA technology will support the Next Generation Special Mission Processor for the U.S. Air Force’s AC/MC-130J platforms. NextGen SMP builds on an open-computing […]

Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business and Northrop Grumman have jointly demonstrated the flight of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept powered by a scramjet engine. The companies are prototyping the scramjet-powered HAWC for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force, Raytheon said Monday. HAWC, was carried and released by an aircraft, […]