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David King, Group President for Dynetics at Leidos, Named to 2021 Wash100 for Leading Dynetics Acquisition; Expanding Leidos“™ Technical Capabilities

Executive Mosaic has announced that David King, group president for Dynetics at Leidos, has received the first Wash100 Award, the most respected and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), of his long career in the federal sector for his leadership and innovation as Dynetics works to expand the Leidos Innovations Center“™s technical capabilities.

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by William McCormick March 8, 2021, 10:00 am
in Contract Awards, News

KBR Wins $539M Task Order to Support USAF’s National Space Capabilities Program; Stuart Bradie Quoted

KBR has been awarded a five-year, $539 million cost-plus-award-fee engineering task order to support rapid prototyping and fielding of systems for the U.S. Air Force's Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) program. The Air Force's program aims to support operational requirements by applying national space capabilities at the tactical level.

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by Sarah Sybert February 18, 2021, 10:29 am
in News

Air Force Seeks Industry Input for Space Tech Manufacturing Cost Reduction Initiative

The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information seeking ways to reduce the financial expenses involved in the development of spacecraft.

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by Darwin McDaniel May 30, 2019, 7:12 am
in Executive Spotlight, General

Executive Spotlight: Interview with Gay Porter, VP of Engility’s Technical Solutions Group

Going from an idea to an act of innovation comes naturally to some, others met with mild confusion in the design, inception, implementation or aftermath stages of taking a concept to market. In an area of industry like GovCon, the approach to this potential roadblock is just as important as recognizing the road itself, based […] More

by Andy Reed January 11, 2018, 4:30 am
in News, Products & Service

General Atomics Test-Fires Blitzer Railgun Projectiles; Nick Bucci Comments

General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has used a three-megajoule railgun system to fire three guidance electronics unit-equipped hypersonic projectiles during a test series at the U.S. Army‘s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The company said Wednesday that the Blitzer railgun fired the projectiles at launch accelerations at a speed more than 30,000 times faster than gravity. The GEU […] More

by Scott Nicholas May 11, 2017, 8:44 am
in Industry News, News

DARPA Calls for New Military Tech Concepts

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual Proposers Day on May 3-4 to discuss an upcoming broad agency announcement that will seek proposals for “innovative” military technologies. DARPA said Tuesday its Tactical Technology Office regularly holds Proposers Days to outline technologies that the office is most interested in and to hear about technology ideas from companies and […] More

by Ramona Adams April 12, 2017, 4:21 am
in Industry News, News

General Atomics Gets NOAA Tornado Detection Research Grant; Nick Bucci Comments

General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business has secured a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research a method for direct tornado detection. The company said Wednesday it will form a collaborative research team with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, which also received a separate NOAA grant, to study the use of infrasound technology as a way […] More

by Jay Clemens November 16, 2016, 6:20 am
in Industry News, News

DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Military Tech Systems Ideas; Brad Tousley Comments

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office will hold a proposers day on April 20 and 21 to discuss ways to develop new military technology systems and seek potential contributors. DARPA said Wednesday it is searching for ideas in agile development, autonomous or cooperative unmanned systems, weapons, power and propulsion proposals for ground, maritime, air and space systems to assist in military […] More

by Scott Nicholas March 24, 2016, 11:10 am
in News

SSL Adding New Satellite To Hughes Internet Service; Pradman Kaul Comments

Space Systems/Loral will build a new broadband satellite for Hughes Network Systems‘ Internet service, which has more than 659,000 subscribers as of the end of calendar year 2012. JUPITER 2/EchoStart XIX is scheduled to launch in mid-2016 launch and will have more than 150 gigabytes of throughput, Hughes said Thursday. Hughes says the satellite will […] More

by Ross Wilkers March 22, 2013, 8:10 am
in News

Lockheed Names Rick Ambrose Space Systems VP

Lockheed Martin has appointed Rick Ambrose vice president and deputy of the space systems business, the company announced Thursday. He will report to Joanne Maguire, an executive vice president, in the newly-created position. Ambrose previously served as head of the information systems and global solutions-national business area and GovCon Wire has the story on his […] More

by Neel Mehta June 29, 2012, 12:00 am
in News

Lockheed Exec Inducted into National Academy of Engineering

Joanne Maguire, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space systems company, was formally inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in Washington Sunday. Maguire“™s citation recognizes her for “individual and team leadership of successful space programs.“ She becomes one of only 2,290 U.S. members and 202 foreign associates elected to the NAE since its founding in […] More

by Neel Mehta October 18, 2011, 12:00 am

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