TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 2, 2020 — ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has been eyeing a demand for digital transformation and cybersecurity offerings in the government as an opportunity to further grow contracting work, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 24.

McAleese & Associates will host its 11th conference on defense programs, March 4, at the Atrium Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Click here to register and view the list of confirmed speakers.

Esri and Saint Louis University have partnered to further explore the potential use of geosptial technology to help address common global issues such as public health and safety, emergency management and economic development challenges.

NASA and United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business are gearing up for the final phase of a joint project to build a data link technology designed to support unmanned aircraft system management operations in national airspace. Collins Aerospace said Thursday it has helped finance command non-payload control waveform development efforts and developed radio prototypes that could operate with CNPC during flight tests as part of a nine-year project.

ImmixGroup and its parent company, Arrow Electronics, can now offer a range of information technology products to state, local and education customers through a contract vehicle managed by a public sector-focused cooperative purchasing organization.

Todd Gustafson, president of HP's federal arm, has said government organizations need to recognize security issues in endpoint devices that are connected to a mobile federal workforce and implement protective measures to avoid a cyberattack. "Whatever approach an organization takes, it must accept the need for change and embrace the idea that every technology decision is a security decision," Gustafson wrote in a FedTech guest piece.

The Space Force seeks to ensure global connectivity for U.S. warfighter communications through the development of an integrated technology that could support both commercial and military satellite systems, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.

CenturyLink is on the lookout for opportunities to help more federal agencies transform network infrastructure assets through the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle. "We're still waiting for some fairly large agencies to release what they're going to do from an EIS perspective," David Young, senior vice president of CenturyLink's public sector business and two-time Wash100 awardee, told FedScoop in an interview.

John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and five-time Wash100 inductee, has said the company is looking to update its technology platforms and combine these with multiple services that are intended to help government and commercial customers address missions, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.

Larry Zmuda, a former assistant vice president at Sutherland Global Services' government subsidiary, has joined NuAxis Innovations as director of capture for the health sector.

Kenneth Possenriede, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lockheed Martin, has said the company remains on track to deliver 140 F-35 jets this year and aims to increase its fighter aircraft deliveries each year, FlightGlobal reported Friday. He forecasts the number of F-35s Lockheed builds for military customers could reach 180 in 2024.

Boeing has decided to retire the brand name Aviall more than 13 years after the Chicago-based company acquired the supply chain management services provider. The decision is part of Boeing's business integration and alignment plans, the aerospace and defense contractor said Thursdsay.

Kathy Warden, CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the company has moved to invest in people and facilities in anticipation of receiving a potential $85B contract to build the U.S. Air Force's Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent weapon system.

Several companies and universities have teamed up to develop mathematical approaches and tools for incorporating data-based machine learning algorithms into cyber physical systems as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at ensuring the safety of autonomous technology.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has selected United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace unit to provide a rescue hoist technology to be used on a fleet of S-70i Firehawk helicopters. Collins Aerospace said Wednesday it will supply Goodrich 44318 hoists to CAL FIRE and the fire departments of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties.