ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 7/12/2021

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, for its most recent Executive Spotlight interview detailing the Series A investment from GreatPoint Ventures, the benefits that investment will have on the company as well as bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments, the demand for zero-trust architecture in the federal sector and Hypori’s future in 2021 and beyond. […]

Peraton has named Rebecca McHale, former Booz Allen Hamilton executive, as chief information officer and announced two other appointments to its executive team. The company said Monday it has tapped John Reing to serve as chief human resources officer, and Lori Ellis to work as chief procurement officer. “As we focus on positively differentiating Peraton […]

Kristine Martin Anderson, executive vice president and head of civil business at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company will continue to deliver on existing contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs and scale up using Liberty IT Solutions’ advancements in application program interface development and low code-no code platforms, FedScoop reported Friday. Martin Anderson said […]

Allen Ronk, an experienced industry leader who has founded and led various aerospace and defense businesses, will take on new roles as the CEO of Denali Communications Group and president of its largest subsidiary, Brandywine Communications. He will oversee Denali’s multiple businesses focused on engineering electronic communication technologies, including Brandywine, a manufacturer of precision time […]

Lockheed Martin will continue sustaining the U.S. Air Force’s four-engine turboprop transport aircraft following a new $57.84 million award from the service branch. The company received a firm-fixed-price, time-and-material, cost-plus-incentive-fee and requirements modification to its C-130J Super Hercules long-term sustainment contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. Lockheed will deliver program sustainment support, inventory control […]

Booz Allen Hamilton has invested in Latent AI, an early-stage venture spinout of SRI Ventures that offers a suite of software tools that enable adaptive artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge in support of defense organizations. “The National Defense Strategy calls for a more innovative, resilient military to maintain the U.S. competitive advantage, […]

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has partnered with North American Wave Engine Corp. to create a new air-launched vehicle that would demonstrate low-cost technologies to be used in future aerial platforms. Kratos said Friday its unmanned systems division will help Wave Engine Corp. develop the Versatile Air-Launched Platform under the latter’s $1 million contract with […]

The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is funding research by Orchestra Macrosystems to help reduce non-combat musculoskeletal injuries among U.S. airmen. The training management software company said Friday that it will design a data capture capability to predict instances of MSKIs during U.S. Air Force training under a Small Business Innovative Research Phase […]

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is integrating the gallium nitride active electronically scanned array radar as a tech upgrade to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft to enable fourth-generation fighter jets to keep up with new platforms. “For the U.S. armed forces and allies alike, upgrading to AESA GaN radars helps them […]

Gartner Research has recognized Sumo Logic as a Visionary in its 2021 Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) report, marking the first time the Redwood City, California-based machine data analytics company was presented with the mentioned recognition in the report. Sumo Logic said Tuesday its Cloud SIEM offering enables automated data collection, […]