ExecutiveBiz News on Video 6/14/2022

Mike Loomis, general manager of Federal business with Nokia, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his history with the company over the last decade as well as his military background and how that experience has prepared him to lead Nokia’s federal business into the future. In addition, Mike Loomis also discussed his recent growth initiatives as general manager as […]

Radar developer Echodyne has raised $135 million in a round of funding and will use the capital to ramp up radar production and distribution and broaden its product lines for defense, autonomous machine and security applications. Northrop Grumman, Madrona Ventures, NEA, Vanedge Capital and Vulcan Capital participated in the financing round co-led by investment management […]

SRI International has received a $300,000 grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to examine supply chain challenges and investment opportunities for the quantum manufacturing industry. The nonprofit research organization intends to work with companies, academic institutions and national laboratories to determine what forces can affect advancements in quantum hardware development, SRI said […]

HII demonstrated coordinated operations of manned and unmanned maritime vehicles as part of an internal research and development initiative meant to advance mission-critical technology platforms to support national security clients. The launch and recovery demonstration held on June 8 in the Pascagoula River in Mississippi involved the use of HII’s Pharos prototype platform and the […]

Wes Kremer, president of the missiles and defense unit at Raytheon Technologies, said air-breathing scramjet technology offers a low-cost approach to power hypersonic weapons. A scramjet engine uses the air around it to generate propulsion and relies on high speed to sustain flight operation, the company said Monday. Kremer cited Raytheon’s work with Northrop Grumman […]

CivicPlus, a citizen engagement software provider to local government customers, has completed its acquisition of digital communications technology company Optimere. The deal was first announced in May and Kansas-based CivicPlus said Friday that private equity firm Insight Partners backed the transaction with an additional investment. Brian Rempe, CEO of CivicPlus, said the company aims to […]

The Department of Veteran Affairs has launched the Pathfinder website in an effort to provide business entities looking to partner with the agency a virtual point of entry as well as to enhance customer experience. VA said June 7 interested vendors can use the site to introduce themselves or their organization and present ideas, products, services and […]

Aptima will equip the U.S. Navy with a data-driven tracking and training management system designed to support surface warfighter readiness through the collection and synthesizing of sailor performance and qualifications information. The Surface Combat Systems Training Command placed a delivery order for the Aptima-made Surface Training and Readiness Management System to help assess, monitor and […]

SpaceX will have to perform over 75 environmental impact mitigating actions as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s environmental review that is required for the company’s proposed spacecraft launch from Boca Chica, Texas. The agency said Monday the actions related to the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy vehicle program will be undertaken for FAA’s Programmatic Environmental Assessment, […]

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business tested a next generation Troposcatter system designed to provide the U.S. Army with beyond-line-of-sight communications capability for command and control operations. Several modernized AN/TRC-244(V)1 Troposcatters were demonstrated by Raytheon Intelligence & Space over a five-week period to verify long range BLOS connectivity in multiple operational environments, the company said […]