ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/9/2022

Marion Kennedy, senior vice president of Intelligence Market at LMI, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding her transition to join the company last October as well as her insights into the impact that AI and machine learning capabilities are having on the U.S. military and more during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Marion Kennedy […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded a contract to SciTec for mission data processing application provider to equip the service branch with missile warning support apps under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution program The company said Friday it received a $272 million deal from Space Systems Command for MDPAP following a prototype competition executed […]

SpaceX will use its Falcon 9 rocket to launch up to five of the six ground spare satellites of Iridium Communications in mid-2023 as part of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation. The Iridium-9 mission will take off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will serve as the company’s second rideshare with SpaceX, Iridium […]

BAE Systems will equip the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Eagle aircraft fleet with technology designed for global positioning system signal reception and jamming protection under a $13 million contract. The service intends to use BAE’s Digital GPS Anti-jam Receiver to avoid disruption of space-based positioning and navigation services when fighter jets operate in contested mission […]

A Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary and the U.S. Transportation Command have agreed to jointly develop point-to-point approaches for military personnel and equipment delivery to locations across the globe. Sierra Space will perform emerging technology research and concept development work in support of Department of Defense force projection and non-combat operations under the cooperative R&D agreement […]

Speedcast subsidiary UltiSat has booked a multiyear contract to provide communications support for the Antarctic operations of a polar-orbiting environmental satellite constellation managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. UltiSat said Thursday it intends to use teleport facilities and a global interconnect network to deliver fiber optic terrestrial connectivity to the Joint Polar Satellite […]

Idemia’s U.S. national security solutions business unit has achieved Maturity Level 3 appraisal under ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program following an appraisal conducted by ChangeBridge Consulting. The rating certifies that Idemia National Security Solutions‘ business procedures align with the CMMI standard for enhancing capability and optimizing performance, the company said Thursday. “Achieving Maturity Level […]

Digital Intelligence Systems acquired MAKE, a Chicago-based professional and information technology recruiting firm, in August and DISYS CEO and Founder Mahfuz Ahmed said the McLean, Virginia-based staffing and services provider plans to purchase more companies to further expand its presence in the federal contracting market, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “Being in the Washington […]

Paperless Innovations was provided advisory services for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program from TalaTek, a Cerberus Sentinel subsidiary and a FedRAMP-accredited third party assessment organization. The Fairfax, Virginia-based small business said Friday TalaTek advised Paperless security subject matter experts on risk management, security and compliance to ensure that FedRAMP program documentation for the […]

The National Science Foundation and Intel have launched a funding program to support educational initiatives aimed at helping develop the semiconductor manufacturing workforce in the U.S. The two parties will provide $10 million in investment for projects focused on workforce development for high-technology fields that are critical to future semiconductor design and manufacturing, NSF said Thursday. The […]