Craig Halliday, chief executive officer of Unanet, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s advancements to its customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Additionally, he addressed how COVID-19 has impacted customers and businesses, as well as how the pandemic will change processes and the market moving forward.
Read More »AECOM Appoints New Chief Execs to Global Transportation, Program Management Businesses
AECOM has appointed Jennifer Aument as chief executive of the company’s global transportation segment and Drew Jeter as chief executive of its global program management business. Aument’s appointment will take effect April 5 and Jeter’s selection will begin on Jan. 25. "These appointments complement a diverse Executive Leadership Team advancing our Think and Act Globally strategy,’’ said Troy Rudd, AECOM’s CEO.
Read More »VMware Elects Ken Denman to Board of Directors; Paul Sagan Quoted
VMware has elected technology executive, Ken Denman, to the company’s board of directors. On the board, Denman will provide his expertise and leadership experience gained from serving in the technology sector. “Ken is an experienced technologist and corporate director with deep roots in software, mobile and AI technologies," said Paul Sagan, lead director, chair of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.
Read More »Carahsoft Adds ClearInfo Digitization Products to NASA SEWP V Contract
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to market end-to-end digitization tools developed by ClearInfo to federal government clients through the Reston, Virginia-based company's reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract.
Read More »General Atomics Demos Anti-Submarine Sonobuoy Tech for Navy’s MQ-9 UAS
A General Atomics affiliate has demonstrated the use of A-size sonobuoys to remotely process acoustic and bathythermal data when deployed from an unmanned aircraft system to support U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare operations.
Read More »Corner Alliance to Develop Emergency Guidance Tool for DHS
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate awarded over $1.5M to Corner Alliance for the development of a new emergency guidance planning app. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's website would feature the Alerts, Warnings and Notifications guidance tool that would offer best practices, customized resources and templates for emergency planning and readiness efforts, DHS said Tuesday.
Read More »Satellogic Names SpaceX as Preferred Launch Provider; Tom Ochinero Quoted
SpaceX has agreed to become Satellogic’s preferred provider of rideshare launch services in support of the latter's plan to develop its Earth Observation Constellation by 2022. Under a new partnership between the two companies, Satellogic said Tuesday its Earth observation satellites will launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with the first mission scheduled for June this year.
Read More »FBI Vet Ganpat Wagh Named Cyber Ops VP at Cornerstone Defense
Ganpat Wagh, a retired FBI special agent, brings 30 years of senior leadership experience in the private and public sectors to his new role at Cornerstone Defense as vice president of cyber operations.
Read More »New Satellite Data Services Company SpaceLink Adds Four Execs to Leadership Team
Larry Rubin, Rob Singh, Tony Colucci and David Lihani, who all held executive roles at Maxar Technologies' SSL subsidiary, have been appointed to fill chief leadership roles at SpaceLink, a new Washington, D.C.-based satellite data relay system company owned by Australia-based Electro Optic Systems.
Read More »Raytheon Tests Data Analysis Method for Tactical Ground Station; David Appel Quoted
Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has demonstrated an activity-based intelligence methodology for a ground station being developed to help military users receive data and find potential threats on the battlefield.
Read More »Medallia Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Call Insights Tool
Medallia has received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for the experience management company's contact center insights tool that is part of its GovCloud suite.
Read More »Jacobs to Begin Final Processing for Orion Spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center
A Jacobs-led ground systems engineering team will prepare the Orion spacecraft for final processing and fueling as a prerequisite to rocket integration activities of an upcoming lunar flight mission. The company said Tuesday its Exploration Ground Systems team received Orion on Saturday at Florida-based Kennedy Space Center to prepare the spacecraft for NASA's Artemis program.
Read More »Army to Hold One-on-One Meetings With Vendors for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Recompete
The U.S. Army will conduct meetings with vendors that plan to pursue the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle follow-on contract through a three-day static display event this month and one-on-one sessions in early February.
Read More »Tech Leaders Cite Pandemic Response, Broadband Access as Key Policy Issues for Incoming Admin
Government affairs leaders at Washington-based technology companies discussed policy issues they expect the Biden administration to address once it takes office and one of those is the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it applies to broadband internet access and workforce, GeekWire reported Tuesday.
Read More »Raytheon Names Michael Dumais as Chief Transformation Officer
Raytheon Technologies has appointed Michael Dumais as chief transformation officer to support the company’s business transformation initiatives, Raytheon Technologies reported on Tuesday. In his new position with the company, Dumais will report to Greg Hayes, CEO of Raytheon Technologies.
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