A General Dynamics business unit has opened a facility in Scottsdale, Ariz. to assess radio terminals that are intended to support the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System communications network. General Dynamics C4 Systems equipped the MUOS Radio Testing Lab with hardware and software tools to simulate radio interoperability with the satellite constellation’s ground station, […] More

General Dynamics C4 Systems has opened an online portal for the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate to exchange data and access technology resources. The Knowledge Management System environment within the EDGE network is built for members to develop and deploy existing and new technologies to end users, General Dynamics said Thursday. Chris Marzilli, […] More

General Dynamics and Stratosat Datacom Ltd. have jointly installed an initial lot of radio antennas to form a telescope array in South Africa. The MeerKAT radio telescope antennas deployed in South Africa’s Karoo region are built to receive remote radio-frequency signals, General Dynamics said Thursday. MeerKAT is slated for full installation over the next three […] More

The U.S. Navy is set to take over operations of three satellite ground stations developed by General Dynamics for the Mobile User Objective System program. The ground control systems relay radio calls from service personnel to Defense Department communication networks in any location using the MUOS satellite array, the company said Thursday. “All they will need […] More

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to present Chris Brady, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his work to advance and innovate enterprise data, infrastructure systems and defense programs to help and protect federal agencies, military customers and our nation’s national security and defense.

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Security experts with public and private sector experience will assist Virginia Tech in a new fellows program aimed to promote innovation across the security community.

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TYSONS CORNER, Va., May 2, 2018 — Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft, has received the 2018 GCW Readers’ Choice Award for GovCon Executives after garnering the highest number of votes among his category in Executive Mosaic‘s 2018 Wash100 list, GovConWire reported Wednesday. Abod, who is a four-time Wash100 inductee, earned 832 out of the 24,131 total votes […] More

Mark Rayha sees his position as vice president and CFO for General Dynamics Mission Systems as far more than keeping an eye on financial results and forecasting emerging trends, opportunities for growth and financial ‘headwinds.’ Throughout his more than 20-year career with General Dynamics, Rayha has come to see that a financially healthy and growing […] More

The U.S. Coast Guard has declared General Dynamics‘ Rescue 21 command, control and direction-finding communications system as a public safety network that enables its missions with ease. The company said Tuesday the platform has helped USCG process 75,000 search and rescue cases since 2009, providing 90 percent VHF coverage to over 215,000 square nautical miles at sea. […] More

General Dynamics is a global leader in defense technology, providing the latest innovations in aerospace, aviation, land systems, maritime systems, and more. It is a partner of choice in electric power, missile defense, precision weapons, and munitions. The company is a leading supplier of major systems and equipment to the U.S. Department of Defense and […] More

NASA has announced the top three teams to perform in cycle one of the agency’s competition on innovative technologies. The selection follows the iTech 2018 competition’s recent phase wherein ten finalist groups developed technology projects seeking to improve space exploration and terrestrial life, the agency said Friday. NASA chief technologists, potential investors and leaders from the […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed its work to construct a 7,000 square-foot ground structure for a radar system that Lockheed Martin is currently building on a Pacific Ocean island for the U.S. Air Force. General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies said Thursday it will ship the 700,000-pound steel radar receive array to Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands to be reassembled and integrated into […] More