ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 6/16/2021

SkyePoint Decisions has promoted Frank Sturek to president and Heather Conigliaro to chief operations officer while Christopher Giusti will continue serving as the chief financial officer. The company said Wednesday Sturek, former chief development officer, will now be responsible for business growth and strategy, including strengthening current capabilities and securing new contracts focused on the […]

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured authorization from the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body to conduct cyber readiness assessments of companies seeking to compete for Department of Defense contracts. Kratos said Tuesday it became one of the first two certified third-party assessment organizations under the CMMC program after passing the Defense Industrial Base […]

Shaun Bierweiler, senior vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Riverbed Technology, said Microsoft brings complementary technology platforms to a partnership that allows both companies to help agencies manage the performance of mission-critical networks and applications. In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, Bierweiler emphasized the importance of collaborative work between vendors […]

AeroVironment has moved its corporate headquarters to Arlington, Virginia in an effort to grow its Washington, D.C. presence while maintaining operations in Simi Valley, California– where it was previously based– and other company locations in the U.S. and Germany. Wahid Nawabi, president and CEO of AeroVironment, said in a statement published Tuesday the relocation is […]

Intel has formed a new government affairs advisory committee to provide a range of perspectives to company leaders on global governmental and political matters. The committee members are Gregory Smith, chair; Jon Huntsman, vice chair; Erich Clementi; Michele Flournoy; Fred Kempe; Robert Kimmitt; Janet Napolitano and Yuanqing Yang, Intel said Wednesday. “The eight distinguished members […]

Dominic Delmolino, vice president of technology and innovation for the public sector at Amazon Web Services, said AWS supports the U.S. federal government’s transition to Internet Protocol version 6 in accordance with an Office of Management and Budget memo released in November. “IPv6 has a number of advantages over IPv4, including an increased number of […]

Axon and DroneSense have partnered to introduce an integrated software platform for law enforcement professionals to obtain situational awareness and manage evidence through live-stream footage from public safety unmanned aircraft systems. The Axon Air Powered by DroneSense offering is scheduled to be available in the third quarter of 2021 and will incorporate drone program and […]

The National Spectrum Consortium has awarded a By Light Professional IT Services company a $31.3 million other transaction agreement to advance the 5G wireless communications technology for U.S. Army combat training applications. Cole Engineering Services, Inc., will lead a team of contractors to develop prototype enhancements for an augmented and virtual reality 5G network at […]

A Northrop Grumman-made rocket with a payload from the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from NASA’s Virginia-based Wallops Flight Facility as part of the company’s Orbital-Suborbital Program-3 contract. Northrop said Tuesday its NROL-111 mission marks the 12th flight with the Minotaur I launch vehicle and the 28th with the Minotaur fleet overall. The U.S. Space […]

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to become Bentley Systems‘ primary government distribution contract aggregator and offer the latter’s infrastructure engineering software across federal, state and local agencies. As part of the partnership, Carahsoft will provide government customers with access to Bentley’s products through existing distribution contracts, such as those with the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement […]