Lockheed Martin‘s venture arm made a strategic investment in Regent in a bid to help the maritime transportation company speed up the development of its electric seagliders for potential defense applications. Lockheed is eyeing the vehicle as a low-cost, sustainable option to address the logistical and mission-critical transport needs of the Department of Defense, Regent […] More

Regent has named four retired military officers who will advise the company on efforts to identify national security use cases and market opportunities for its seaglider technology. They will serve as inaugural members of Regent’s defense advisory board to help shape a strategy for bringing its flagship Viceroy seaglider product to the market, the Rhode […] More

Hank Jackson, formerly an executive technology adviser at Edgewater Federal Solutions since 2021, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the Frederick, Maryland-based company. In a statement Tuesday, company CEO Dave Yockman, said, “[Jackson’s] ability to manage contracts, develop and forge relationships with key stakeholders, and drive exponential business growth make him an excellent choice to lead our client services and talent acquisition teams.”

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Photo by sculpies from Shutterstock.com STO Building Group Inc. is a leader in the construction industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. A total of eight STO Building subsidiaries employ more than 2,200 experts in infrastructure projects. Here is a list of all the government contracts that STO Corp. has won. […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Patrick Shanahan, acting secretary at the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his role in revising the department’s cybersecurity strategy and his vision of establishing a new agency for space operations.

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The Food and Drug Administration has selected 32 companies and academic entities to provide research and development support services to advance studies in regulatory science under a potential $41.8M multi-award contract. The agency announced the R&D contract awards in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday. The listed winners are: American Society of Nephrology Ann & Robert H. […] More

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, formerly president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has been appointed to Intel’s board of directors. “Risa knows how to lead a large organization tackling complex issues, and brings extensive public-company board experience,” Intel Chairman Andy Bryant said in a statement published Monday. Lavizzo-Mourey has been with the University of Pennsylvania since January […] More

The Small Business Administration has awarded $325,000 in grant funds to 21 organizations to assist the agency in efforts to help entrepreneurs get more involved in the government’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs. SBA said Thursday it chose 16 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, colleges and universities to receive a combined $125,000 under the […] More

Robert Beauchamp, BMC Software chairman, president and CEO, has been elected to the board of directors of Raytheon. “Bob’s extensive leadership experience and deep understanding of today’s digital technology markets strongly align with the business focal points of our board and our company,” Raytheon Chairman and CEO Thomas Kennedy said Friday. Beauchamp has held the […] More

Navy Adm. William McRaven, the retiring Special Operations Command chief, has been picked to head the University of Texas System by the school’s board of regents. The governing body approved McRaven’s candidacy by unanimous vote at a special meeting held earlier this week, UT said Tuesday. “We are honored to announce Adm. McRaven as our […] More

Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona have handed over to NASA an imaging instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope ahead of a deep space research in 2018. The near infrared camera technology has been integrated into the telescope’s integrated science instrument module to function as the primary imaging component, Lockheed said Wednesday. Marcia Rieke, […] More

Royal Philips has installed a clinical information technology tool for Georgia Regents Medical Center that is built to help facilitate cross-department access of patients’ imaging data through integration with electronic medical records. The company said Friday the Philips IntelliSpace PACS version 4.4 platform was piloted at GRMC’s radiology department for gradual expansion into diagnostic imaging and other […] More