ExecutiveBiz News on Video 10/1/2021

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Assured Information Security a potential $95 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the third phase of its development of an enterprise-scale system that uses antifragile concepts to execute the enterprise software. Under the Antifragility Workstation for Resiliency effort, the Rome, New York-based company will expand the antifragility techniques built in the […]

The federal business organization of Siemens has received a $1.78 million contract to showcase the potential use of digital twin technology in an advanced manufacturing program run by the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats. Under the multiyear contract, Siemens Government Technologies will implement industrial software and assemble a digital design […]

Cognosante has helped establish a new consortium focused on delivering Health Information Exchange as a managed service to support health care improvement efforts. The company said Wednesday it is one of the founding members of Collabrity Health, an alliance of HIEs and health care vendor partners that seek to share among consortium members interoperability resources, […]

Northrop Grumman has received a U.S. Navy contract for the low-rate initial production of guided air-launched missiles with extended range and anti-radiation capabilities meant to upgrade the strike distance of existing naval aircraft projectiles. The Navy plans to integrate the upcoming AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range weapons on its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18HG […]

General Dynamics‘ information technology business has secured a $50 million contract for information technology services in support of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s execution of Energy Star, a government-led energy efficiency program. The contract continues General Dynamics’ delivery of software engineering, infrastructure maintenance, website development and other IT services to EPA over the past two decades, […]

Ball Aerospace has received a potential $8 million contract from NASA to study the geostationary Sounder instrument in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary and Extended Observations program. The space agency said Thursday that under the firm-fixed-price contract, the company will conduct the definition-phase A study of the hyperspectral infrared instrument intended […]

The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy one Boeing-built EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, related equipment and defense services through a potential $125 million foreign military sales agreement. The proposed FMS transaction includes engineering and modification, maintenance and storage, contractor and government engineering and technical assistance, validation and verification flight test efforts, studies […]

The U.S. Navy has awarded 17 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $59.5 million contract to develop and sustain nontactical business and enterprise information applications and related systems. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego received 24 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which has a base period of two years valued at approximately […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed the seven-part retrofit testing series of the modernized components of its RS-25 engines that will be used on NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket. The tests at Stennis Space Center in Missouri validated RS-25’s main combustion chamber, fuel and oxidizer turbopumps, valves and actuators that were either designed or developed using […]

Carahsoft Technology partnered with Marion Square to help the former’s portfolio companies understand how to sell their products in the government market. Marion Square will provide the emerging technology portfolio companies of Carahsoft with a report detailing products’ competitive landscape, relevant opportunities and points of contact for potential projects in the public sector, Carahsoft said […]