ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 5/25/2021

DDK Positioning has received an undisclosed amount of investment from Iridium Communications as the former looks to expand global navigation satellite system-enabled service offerings. The two companies have an existing partnership that offers a GNSS positioning accuracy of up to 5 centimeters and supports various industrial applications using Iridium’s satellite communications network, the satcom provider […]

Forcepoint announced on Tuesday that the company has appointed Peter Brant as senior vice president of North America Sales and Myles Bray as SVP of EMEA Sales. Brant and Bray will bring their extensive experience in enabling enterprises to adopt cloud-delivered security alongside hybrid technology investments. The new senior VPs will lead the company’s customer-first […]

Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, told Defense News in an interview published Monday about his near-term priorities as head of the Lockheed Martin subsidiary and one of those is transitioning the Combat Rescue Helicopter and CH-53K programs into the production phase. “Both of them are going into [initial operational test and evaluation] IOT&E and we’re […]

ProLog has secured a six-year, $61.2 million contract to help the U.S. Navy in its depot-level aircraft maintenance activities by providing production support services. The company will handle logistics, oversee storage and inventory of aircraft parts, manage warehouse operations, maintain mega centers, transport materials and produce tool kits as part of the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, […]

Dave Levy, vice president of U.S. government, nonprofit and healthcare businesses at Amazon Web Services, wrote in a blog post published Monday that cloud adoption through the Technology Modernization Fund could help government agencies improve cybersecurity, update high-priority systems, reduce costs and enhance the delivery of services to citizens. Levy, a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, […]

Tamara Greenspan, group vice president and general manager for public sector applications at Oracle, was elected to serve as member of the board of directors of the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council. During her three-year term, Greenspan will contribute to the council’s programs and efforts in supporting the homeland security enterprise and work with […]

The U.S. Navy has surpassed its goal of completing 8,000 aircraft launches and recoveries with General Atomics-built systems for the post-delivery test and trial phase of USS Gerald R. Ford carrier without causing safety incidents. General Atomics said Monday its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear beat the military branch’s target for cats […]

Maryanne Miller, former head of the Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Reserve, has joined the board of directors at aviation services provider Bristow Group. Her nearly four-decade military career included command experience in global airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation and presidential transportation support, Bristow said Monday. She logged more than 4.800 flight hours […]

The Internal Revenue Service seeks market information on techniques that could help digital forensics personnel assess and investigate cryptowallets, physical devices that store cryptocurrency keys. IRS said Thursday in a SAM.gov notice its digital forensics unit requires approaches to reverse-engineer hardware, analyze software and firmware, identify integrated circuits and deconstruct printed circuit boards found in […]

CloudLinux‘s newly formed enterprise services business is providing operating system support to a United Launch Alliance-built rocket that sent a missile detection and early warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force into orbit. The company said Monday its TuxCare brand performs automated patches to help secure computing systems of ULA’s Atlas V launch vehicle. An […]