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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
American Systems, a leading IT and engineering solutions company, announced the formation of a Digital Engineering Lab as part of the firm’s Independent Research and Development initiatives in support of advancing their avionics systems prototype development capabilities. The DE Lab, located in Lexington Park, Maryland, brings together the high-fidelity models (Digital Twins) of aircraft and […] More
Dive Technologies has received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help bring its defense-focused autonomous underwater vehicles to the commercial market. The Boston, Massachusetts-based company said Thursday the Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative award will finance its development of commercialization strategies, establishment of connections within the industry and recruitment of supporting entrepreneurs. Dive […] More
Ro Dhanda, vice president of Public Sector with H2O.ai, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview detailing the latest lessons the company has learned in artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. In addition, Dhanda also discussed H2O’s Open Source and Driverless AI platform, trustworthiness in AI as well as the top […] More
Iridium Communications has supported the U.S. Army Reserve’s Monuments Officers program in its effort to identify, protect and preserve cultural heritage sites in Honduras by providing satellite connectivity and push-to-talk technology. A team of Monument Officer archaeologists deployed in Honduras used Iridium PTT handsets to communicate with the Virginia Museum of Natural History‘s Cultural Heritage […] More
John Boyle, group president of Defense and Civilian Solutions with Cherokee Federal, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview detailing the company’s rapid growth in the government contracting (GovCon) sector and leadership style. In addition, Boyle also discussed Cherokee Federal’s recent acquisition of Preting Consulting and the company’s push into the intelligence […] More
Eclipse Global Connectivity, ST Engineering iDirect and Smiths Interconnect have collaborated to provide government and military aircraft with satellite communications capability to support airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Ka-band satcom capability combines iDirect’s Evolution Defense platform and 9800 AE+ airborne modem with Smiths Interconnect’s KaStream 5000 MK II parabolic antenna and can support […] More
SB>1 DEFIANT, a joint demonstration helicopter of Boeing and Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky, has flown for mission profile tests as part of the companies’ bid to build the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft. Boeing said Tuesday the demonstrator for the DEFIANT X weapon system performed low-level flight operations and landing activity in confined areas […] More
Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has collaborated with the U.S. Army and Nexter to demonstrate the compatibility between Excalibur artillery projectiles and the French company’s self-propelled howitzer. A CAESAR self-propelled howitzer fired the projectiles at two targets over 28.5 miles away as part of the test involving Excalibur, the French artillery equipment and the […] More
Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm has made an investment in Electra.aero through a Series A funding round to enable the latter to perform flight testing of its hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing demonstrator aircraft in 2022. “Electra’s technical approach to sustainable aviation is differentiated, and we are excited to see this concept mature,” Chris Moran, […] More
SentinelOne has expanded its Singularity Marketplace with zero trust, cloud ransomware security, threat simulation and automated vulnerability management offerings through integrations with Remediant, Blue Hexagon, Keysight and Automox. The company said Thursday its autonomous XDR platform now includes more cybersecurity use case offerings for enterprise and government organizations in need of cloud-based technology for detecting […] More
AT&T, Weminuche, T-Mobile License, Three Forty-Five Spectrum and U.S. Cellular emerged as the top five bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of spectrum licenses for 5G wireless services in the 3.45 gigahertz band. FCC said Friday the 5G spectrum auction generated $22.5 billion in gross proceeds and that over 33 percent of the top […] More
Mike Barthlow, former senior vice president and general manager of Cubic Corp., has been named the president and CEO of BT Federal, the U.S. government-focused business arm of BT Group. The company announced on Tuesday that Barthlow will bring more than 25 years of senior experience in communications, technology and infrastructure to the role and […] More
