Leidos subsidiary Dynetics completed on Saturday its first test launch of a hypersonic test bed from Rocket Lab‘s launch complex at a spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The inaugural launch was conducted as part of the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane under the […] More

Ken Campbell, former strategic growth director of national security engagements at Maxar Technologies, has been appointed as president of Israel-based Edgybees’ U.S. business arm. The software company said Wednesday the executive move comes amid efforts to expand the delivery of its georegistration software platform offerings outside its home country. In May, Edgybees Inc. was launched to meet […] More

Rebellion Defense will assist the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration in conducting continuous cybersecurity testing under a follow-on contract for the company’s automated adversary emulation technology. NNSA will use Rebellion Defense’s Rebellion Nova to bolster its cyber defense by mimicing adversarial attacks, Rebellion Defense said Tuesday.  The technology is developed to accurately pinpoint […] More

Rolls-Royce veteran Thomas Bell has been selected by Leidos’ board of directors to succeed Roger Krone, a 10-time Wash100 Award winner, as CEO. Krone, who also serves as chairman of Leidos, will continue serving as chief executive until the transition goes into effect on the planned date of May 3, the Reston, Virginia-based company announced on Monday. “Tom’s exceptional track […] More

SOFWERX, an innovation platform co-founded by the U.S. Special Operations Command, granted Rebellion Defense a follow-on contract to gain extended access to an automated cybersecurity platform. The award follows a demonstration of Nova Software, a product designed to mimic cyber kill chains and other advanced persistent threats, Rebellion said Tuesday. Nova employs Mitre’s ATT&CK knowledge […] More

Systecon North America has received a contract from Textron’s Bell subsidiary to provide in-service support for the latter’s helicopter platforms through its Opus Suite offering, ExecutiveBiz has learned. The selection of Systecon’s Opus Suite comes as Bell works to optimize its fleet of helicopters and advances its transition to a leaner supply system in support […] More

Bell Textron has rounded off the delivery of AH-1Z Viper aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, completing a program of record for the latest version of the H-1 twin-engine helicopters. The service branch received a total of 349 units of the AH-1Z as well as the UH-1Y Venom, whose order was fulfilled in 2018, parent […] More

Terran Orbital has been granted a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin following its entry into a note and warrant purchase agreement with the defense contractor and is planning to use the funding to expand its advanced satellite product manufacturing capabilities. The partnership aligns with a new strategic cooperation agreement that will provide Lockheed with […] More

Barbara Hubbell, who has been serving as a vice president at Jacobs since June 2019, has assumed new responsibilities within the company’s newly formed divergent solutions business unit. She now serves as VP and general manager of technology and innovative solutions, according to a LinkedIn post published Monday. In her previous capacity, Hubbell oversaw mission […] More

Government infrastructure builder Conti Federal Services has received a $140.9 million contract award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of an aircraft facility at a U.S. Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The firm-fixed-price contract tasks Conti Federal’s team with constructing a structure customized to house various aircraft maintenance processes at Francis E. […] More

The Small Business Administration has awarded $7.2 million in grants to 38 organizations under a program that seeks to support nonprofit organizations that help low-income entrepreneurs secure funding to expand their small businesses. SBA said Friday the Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs or PRIME is a competitive grant effort that enables these organizations to offer […] More

Textron’s Bell subsidiary has selected Sierra Nevada Corp. to help design and develop mission systems for its proposed high-speed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Bell was one of the 11 companies selected by the U.S. Air Force in January to further develop aircraft concepts as part of the AFWERX HSVTOL Concept Challenge, a collaborative effort […] More