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oversees day-to-day content production for ExecutiveBiz, a publication under Executive Mosaic's media group covering government contracting industry news. She also writes about executive movements and commentaries, M&A activities, contract awards and technology and service offerings of medium-sized businesses and other GovCon companies. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities with EBiz, Thropp produced daily competitive intelligence briefings for the company's GovCon customers.
K2 Integrity will open a permanent office in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and has named Bryan Stirewalt, formerly chief executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, as a senior managing director responsible for helping expand the footprint of the risk and financial crimes advisory firm in the country and the Gulf Region. Stirewalt will also focus […] More
A Teledyne Technologies business has introduced a payload designed to provide small unmanned aerial systems with laser-based target management capability. The StormCaster-DX laser target designator payload is built for the FLIR R80D SkyRaider UAS platform and uses a Laser Spot Tracker for target area management, enabling a capability previously available only on larger drones or […] More
Ken Peterman, founder and CEO of SpyGlass Group and formerly president of Viasat‘s government arm, has joined the board of directors of Comtech Telecommunications to serve on its science and technology committee. Comtech said Tuesday Peterman brings to the board decades-long experience in supporting defense and government customers. Commenting on Peterman’s appointment at a time […] More
Sigma Defense will modernize aging Stingray satellite communication systems under a Department of Defense task order for the Block II Tactical Relay initiative. The technology refresh is meant to help commanders and warfighters continue to tap into battlefield intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors, Sigma Defense said Tuesday. U.S. Africa Command units tasked to backhaul ISR […] More
AT&T has introduced a routing technology that uses device location to speed up the transmission of 9-1-1 calls to appropriate centers across the nation in an effort to enhance public safety response. The company said Tuesday the location-based routing has a “Locate Before Route” feature from Intrado to enable the use of GPS and hybrid […] More
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has kicked off its geospatial accelerator program with eight selected startups that will be tasked to develop technologies in support of the sector. NGA said Monday it partnered with the Missouri Technology Corp. to launch the third cohort of its 13-week initiative, which is operated by Capital Innovators. Under the NGA […] More
VMware has secured a certification from the Joint Authorization Board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a hybrid cloud service it co-developed with Amazon Web Services. Matt, director of product management at VMware, wrote Friday that a FedRAMP High JAB authorization was granted to VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud (US), a secure […] More
Kelli Jones-May, formerly lead associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined Mitre as principal of the Virginia-based information services and consulting’s health organizational transformation efforts, FedHealthIT reported Friday. The executive has almost two decades of health care related experience. At Booz allen, she initially worked as an associate or project manager, supporting the process modernization, […] More
A Raytheon Technologies business and Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have demonstrated a cruise missile interceptor’s capability to integrate with the U.S. Marine Corps’ radar, command and control technology and weapon system components. Raytheon Missiles and Defense said Friday the Medium Range Interceptor Capability underwent a live fire test to showcase its ability to […] More
Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared the defense company’s goal of increasing its annual manufacturing capacity for Javelin missiles from 2,100 to 4,000 to meet U.S. and ally requirements. In an interview with CBS News, Taiclet said boosting production to its target numbers will take […] More
Lockheed Martin has tapped Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide its missiles and fire control business with a second stage booster that will be used to power a hypersonic weapon system being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday it will develop a solid rocket motor booster for DARPA’s Operational Fires initiative […] More
BlueHalo will supply the U.S. Army with a counter-unmanned aerial system for use on secure U.S. locations and overseas battlefields to defend against enemy drone and ensure warfighter protection. The company said Thursday its Titan C-UAS kits were ordered by the service branch under a $4 million deal to support a unit within the Army. […] More
