ExecutiveBiz News on Video 2/21/2023

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Roshan Roeder, a corporate vice president at Northrop Grumman and president of its defense systems sector, as the latest industry executive to be inducted into the 2023 Wash100 list of public and private sector leaders with influence in the government contracting arena. Roeder assumed her current role in October […]

Steve Orrin, chief technology officer at Intel’s federal arm and GovCon Expert, and other tech executives shared how an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, called ChatGPT, could help chief information officers and other IT leaders improve productivity and address challenges within their organizations, The Enterprisers Project reported Monday. Orrin cited how the AI tool could help improve […]

Michael Rogers, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who previously served as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service, has joined Duality Technologies’ board of advisors. In his advisory role, Rogers, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, will assist Duality with accelerating the deployment of its data […]

Firefly Aerospace has raised $30.2 million as part of the initial tranche of a Series C funding round valued at $300 million, Austin Inno reported Friday. The fundraising comes as the Cedar Park, Texas-based rocket startup expands its set of launch vehicles and prepares for upcoming launches, including a satellite deployment mission with NASA and […]

U.S. Army veteran Ross Berkoff has been appointed general manager of RiverTech, an Akima subsidiary. As general manager, Berkoff will be responsible for growing RiverTech’s work with numerous global government customers and extending the organization’s use of its OASIS Small Business contract, Akima announced from Herndon, Virginia on Tuesday. “Ross’ experience in business strategy and operations management will aid […]

Vela, a cloud-native supercomputer designed by IBM, has become the company’s primary environment for research and development of next-generation artificial intelligence applications. IBM researchers shared in a blog post the architecture and supporting features of Vela, which was launched in May 2022 on the IBM cloud. Traditional supercomputers designed for modeling and simulation can accommodate […]

The Catalyst Accelerator has finalized its selection of eight small businesses that will join its new cohort to support defensive cyber operations for the U.S. Space Force. The companies are expected to present their disruptive technologies to investors as well as government and industry experts on June 1, the accelerator said Friday. USSF is looking […]

Ensco will highlight its suite of mission-critical technology offerings during the 2023 SpaceCom, a three-day global commercial space event kicking off on Feb. 21 in Orlando, Florida. The Springfield, Virginia-based engineering and technology company said Monday its representatives will feature Ensco systems designed for spaceport operations, maintenance, sustainment, systems engineering and integration, launch range safety, mission […]

Matrix Research has received a seven-year, $49.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to mature radio frequency subsystems designed for sensing hardware. The Dayton, Ohio-based company will provide research and development services to the Electronics, Apertures and Machine-Learning Subsystems R&D project under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. The Air Force […]

The U.S. Navy has tapped Northrop Grumman to explore the feasibility of firing a guided air-launched missile from a ground-based launcher and integrating the weapon system onto the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, The Drive reported Friday. Northrop is expected to demonstrate a ground-based variant of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended […]