ExecutiveBiz News on Video 5/13/2022

Lance Spencer, client executive vice president of Defense for AT&T, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his near-decade of experience with the company as well as his career history overseeing the evolution of the cybersecurity space and the intelligence community. In addition, Spencer also discussed the work that AT&T is doing toward 5G capabilities and the experimentation of […]

Public sector technology distributor DLT has been awarded a $70 million modification to its five-year, $379.3 million software support contract with the Department of the Navy. DLT, a subsidiary of Tech Data, will continue to help DON obtain licenses and technical assistance for Oracle products, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The contract’s ordering period […]

Raytheon Technologies has invested in hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus through its newly created venture capital group.  The investment from RTX Ventures will enable Hermeus to advance the development of its first hypersonic aircraft, Quarterhorse, and second platform, dubbed Darkhorse, Raytheon said Thursday. “Hermeus’ technical approach and business plan balances near-term defense applications with long-term commercial […]

Mynaric will host and demonstrate its optical communications terminal on a functional testbed, dubbed Bartolomeo, on the International Space Station under a contract with Airbus’ U.S. space and defense business. Mynaric said Thursday it will demonstrate and test a range of space-based laser communications use cases of its Condor Mk2 terminal, which will be hosted […]

A Cubic business has received a potential $90.6 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to conduct security update efforts in support of the P5 Combat Training System used by the service branch and U.S. allies. Cubic Defense Applications will work to enable Type 1 encryption and equip the P5CTS with a National Security […]

Phil Fuster, vice president of federal sales at Proofpoint, recently participated in an Executive Spotlight interview to discuss the company’s growth initiatives in the government space, as well as its people-centric security risk management approach from a federal perspective. “Proofpoint has doubled the size of our federal team to expand our federal footprint into new […]

Timothy Jenkins, vice president at Comtech Telecommunications, will take over Kent Hellebust as president of the safety and security technologies product group following the latter’s retirement from the company by the end of May. Comtech said Thursday Jenkins, in his current role, is responsible for driving the use of next generation 911 capabilities in support […]

A joint venture between renewable energy company Ameresco and solar energy provider Hannah Solar Government Services has won a contract to develop and build an energy-saving apparatus for the U.S. Army. Under the $7.9 million contract, HSGS-Ameresco will install a 1.5 MW ground mount solar photovoltaic system at the Tooele Army Depot in Tooele, Utah, the companies said […]

Jake Buikema, formerly senior vice president of strategic growth at ICF, has joined Raft to serve as the new chief growth officer of the Reston, Virginia-based digital consulting firm, FedHealthIT reported Thursday. He brings to his Raft post almost two decades of experience in working at several government contracting companies, including as senior capture executive […]

L3Harris Technologies has developed a multi-channel mobile ad-hoc network waveform to safeguard voice and data communications against jamming attacks in austere environments. Wraith is an exportable handheld radio device that works to deliver secure communications at the tactical level to warfighters deployed on contested battlefields, L3Harris said Thursday. The next-generation waveform is available on the […]