ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/29/2022

Tim Deaver, vice president of strategic solutions at Mynaric, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the cost of innovation driving significant challenges to stay above water in the federal and technology landscapes as well as the company’s core values that drive its culture and growth strategy into 2023 during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Tim […]

CACI International has landed a $174 million task order under a Department of Defense Information Analysis Center contract to perform various research, development and analysis duties for a U.S. Navy ship maintenance operation. The award will find the CACI team helping to optimize and sustain vessels for the Navy’s Military Sealift Command through tests and […]

Boeing has received a four-year, $47.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to gear up for the low-rate initial production of unmanned MQ-25 Stingray refueling tankers. The service branch will use fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds for the advance acquisition contract to cover lot one LRIP production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said […]

Mitre is opening a new site in the Kaka‘ako Innovation District in Honolulu, Hawaii, in an effort to boost support for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and in line with its initiatives to expand its presence in the state’s capital. The Kaka’ako operations will provide the Department of Defense with information technology support services in areas […]

Department of Defense data shows the estimated cost to build and acquire Lockheed Martin-built F-35s has increased by 3.5 percent to $412 billion, up $14 billion from the previous estimate of $398 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. According to the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Report, the latest cost estimate includes 2,470 planned fighter aircraft for the U.S. […]

Canadian company GHGSat has received a five-year, $7 million blanket purchase agreement to create a catalog of commercial small satellite data products for NASA assessment and evaluation. GHGSat will produce a comprehensive list of high-resolution imagery of greenhouse gas emissions as the agency looks to augment or complement data collection work across scientific programs, NASA […]

Carahsoft Technology was named Cybrary‘s public sector distributor tasked to help the platform developer market cybersecurity training platform to government customers looking to enhance their workforce’s professional development to safeguard cyber ecosystem.  Under the partnership, Carahsoft will distribute Cybrary’s cybersecurity training and skills development platform through its reseller partners, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, […]

Northrop Grumman has delivered more than 100,000 precision guidance kits for 155 mm artillery projectiles in support of a U.S. Army program to transform the high-explosive munitions into satellite-guided weapons. The company said Wednesday the PGK technology contains a Global Positioning System guidance kit with fuzing functions to enable positioning accuracy and includes a built-in […]

Paperless Innovations has pointed to inspector general reports flagging gaps in government procurement card programs and other factors that limit the intended use of P-Cards such as the micro-purchase threshold and agency-imposed restrictions. In a statement, the company has also underscored that artificial intelligence and robotic process automation in commercial off-the-shelf offerings could help agencies […]

Lockheed Martin has partnered with telecommunications company Verizon to test 5G-enabled drones capable of capturing and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data in support of military command and control activities. During recent demonstrations, four rotary wing drones collected and transferred ISR data via both private and public 5G networks to geolocate military targets, Lockheed said. […]