Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
is a full-time writer for ArchIntel, a division of Executive Mosaic, and a contributor for ExecutiveBiz. She covers emerging technologies, technology innovation, contract awards, partnerships and market expansion stories in the government contracting industry.
Boeing has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $91.5 million contract to manufacture and deliver mission-management processors for the U.S. Air Force’s advanced pilot training aircraft. L3Harris said Tuesday the processor technology for the T-7A Red Hawk jets features sensors and communications capabilities to connect internal and external data networks and link video feed to the aircraft’s […] More
Ed Dolanski, former president of Boeing‘s U.S. government services business, has been added to the board of directors at San Jose, California-headquartered endpoint security company Lynx Software Technologies. Dolanski previously held various leadership roles during his more than 10-year tenure at Boeing including as president of the global services and support business unit within the […] More
Amyx has secured a task order from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide technical and life cycle program support for automated material handling equipment at DLA Distribution sites. The company said the AMHE task order covers technical and cybersecurity services in support of the agency’s distribution modernization and information technology and operational technology initiatives. Under […] More
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a new facility in Baltimore, Maryland, in an effort to expand the aerospace and defense contractor’s space equipment manufacturing and testing efforts. The Maryland Space Assembly and Test 2 facility provides 55,000 square foot space to support digitally integrated manufacturing, assembly and testing of space payload and ground systems, the company […] More
The Department of the Air Force has named Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Science Applications International Corp. to an industry consortium tasked with developing the digital infrastructure for the Advanced Battle Management System. The companies announced in separate statements their selection to the five-member consortium to develop and deploy secure processing, data management, connectivity and […] More
Lockheed Martin is investing $100 million in a new project aimed at developing and demonstrating human-machine teaming technologies to enable uncrewed aerial platforms to operate autonomously alongside crewed systems. The company said Project Carrera will pair survivable F-35 fighter jets with modular unmanned aerial systems including Skunk Works’ Speed Racer drone to demonstrate distributed teaming […] More
L3Harris Technologies and Leidos have joined a consortium of companies selected to support the development of the digital infrastructure for the Department of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System. In separate announcements, the companies said they will work with three other industry partners to define the design criteria for the ABMS digital infrastructure that […] More
Anduril Industries has launched a new command and control platform designed to support military operations in geographically dispersed and austere environments. Menace is an expeditionary command, control, communications and computing system that works to enable the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps commanders to plan and execute a range of missions from forward deployed locations, […] More
Jon Love, vice president of strategic growth at Maxar Technologies, has joined other industry leaders in highlighting the growing use of 3D mapping and multi-sensor datasets in defense and intelligence applications, Via Satellite reported Thursday. Speaking at World Satellite Business Week, Love said Maxar observes a demand in 3D mapping technologies from the military to […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a pilot program aimed at expanding the Department of Defense’s access to companies cleared to work on classified military projects. DARPA said Wednesday the Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems program will sponsor a group of small businesses and entrepreneurs to connect with government personnel […] More
A U.S. Air Force division has awarded General Dynamics’ mission systems business unit a $22.9 million contract for an encryptor designed to protect classified data stored by manned or unmanned systems. The company said Tuesday it will use capabilities from its suite of ProtecD@R encryption platforms to deliver a high assurance Inline Media Encryptor to […] More
Redhorse has secured a potential three-year contract from the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office to provide artificial intelligence-powered data analysis capabilities to help the service branch predict aircraft part and component failures. The company said the Innovative Analytics for Condition Based Maintenance Plus award covers the application of AI and machine learning to process and […] More
