ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 6/15/2021

ExecutiveBiz had the opportunity to speak with Terry Ryan, chief executive officer of Constellis, regarding his transition as CEO since taking over the role in Jan. 2021, his vision for Constellis and main goals for company growth, as well as the continued development of emerging tech capabilities in the federal sector and the great benefits […]

Peraton will execute a potential five-year $500 million Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency contract initially awarded to Perspecta, which the former company acquired in May. The other transaction agreement for the delivery of enterprise information technology application development services has a one-year base period and four option years, Peraton said Tuesday. The OTA requires Peraton […]

Raytheon Technologies has received a $78.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of contractor logistic support for an early warning radar it constructed to help Qatar expand its defense against medium- and long-range ballistic missile threats.  The award provides for five-year logistic support for the Qatar Early Warning Radar and […]

CAES and semiconductor foundry services provider SkyWater have partnered with the goal to transform the design and manufacturing process for radiation-hardened microelectronic components for defense applications. The two companies aim to expand SkyWater’s onshore supply chain network for integrated circuits and encourage industry partnerships in support of national security missions, according to a joint statement […]

Companies like Lockheed Martin are participating in joint exercises to help the Department of Defense come up with a joint all-domain operations platform that can link sensors to shooters to achieve decision dominance, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “[It’s] about machine learning, artificial intelligence, eventually quantum computing—the speed at which they’re able to operate, and really […]

A Teledyne Technologies subsidiary has secured a potential five-year contract with the Department of Defense for the development of a chemical detector that can be worn by U.S. troops for immediate danger detection, or carried by an unmanned aerial system for remote reconnaissance. Teledyne FLIR will work under the Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector initiative […]

The Department of Defense is seeking proposals from National Spectrum Consortium members to build medical training prototypes using 5G and augmented reality. The request for prototype proposals for the 5G Telemedicine and Medical Training requirement intends to develop a 5G-enabled AR platform that can handle multiple trainees under a single facilitator and a telementoring system […]

Liberty Hall Capital Partners has appointed Kevin Vicha, an experienced aerospace and power generation industry executive, as chief executive of its portfolio company Bromford Industries. Vicha, former chief operating officer at GKN Aerospace Engine Systems, will succeed CEO Gary Lowe, who is set to retire after more than a decade of service with Bromford and to […]

Octo has added Bryan Ware, CEO of Next5 and the first presidentially appointed director of cybersecurity at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to the company’s board of directors. Ware brings experience in cybersecurity, information technology, business, operations, investment, strategy and federal government service to Octo board, the company said Tuesday. He also served as the […]

Accenture‘s federal business arm has secured space at a university-backed innovation hub for fostering collaborative technology development between communities in Huntsville, Alabama. The new innovation space of Accenture Federal Services located at the Invention to Innovation Center or I²C of the University of Alabama in Huntsville is intended to accommodate collaborative projects with industry experts […]