ExecutiveBiz News on Video 6/20/2022

John Steckel, vice president of Corporate Development at American Systems, one of the largest employee-owned federal contractors in the country, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his appointment into a position with the company and its meaning to the future of the company. In addition, Steckel also discussed the company culture as a significant driver of success as well […]

Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has received a $62.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for Aegis combat system modernization and ship construction efforts over a three-year period. The Department of Defense said Friday Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems will work on meeting fiscal 2022 Aegis modernization needs as well as […]

Gregory Bowman, chief innovation officer of Siemens Government Technologies, said adopting digital thread and digital twin technologies could help government and corporate organizations address challenges associated with reshoring manufacturing supply chains. A digital twin uses machine learning, simulation and reasoning to improve decision-making, while a digital thread is a data-based architecture that connects supply chain […]

KBR has received an award from the International Stability Operations Association in recognition of the company’s contribution to the humanitarian effort that provided support to thousands of displaced Afghans in 2021 when their government collapsed. ISOA’s 2022 Global Impact Award presented to KBR under the large company category specifically underscored its role in Afghan Special […]

David Egts, chief technologist of the North American public sector organization at Red Hat, recently participated in an Executive Spotlight interview to share his views on how federal agencies can transform service delivery and customer experience. He pointed to what the administration calls a “time tax” as a major force that impedes organizational efficiency and […]

Amentum has been awarded a $46 million contract modification to continue providing executive airlift maintenance support services to the U.S. Air Force. The company will support back shop maintenance operations for aircraft assigned to the 316th Wing and 89th Wing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work will occur […]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s government-focused arm has won a six-year, $25.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply supercomputers in support of a Department of Defense program for advancing U.S. computing capabilities. Computers procured from HPE Government under the firm-fixed-price contract are for the High Performance Computing Modernization Program, DOD said Friday. The Army Corps of […]

Matt Mandrgoc, head of U.S. public sector at Zoom Video Communications, said agencies should secure government communications by implementing platforms that could help safeguard the exchange of sensitive data during meetings and one of those tools is the Zoom for Government platform. Mandrgoc wrote in a blog post published Friday that Zoom for Government comes […]

Northrop Grumman and NASA have tested the next Joint Polar Satellite System inside a thermal vacuum chamber to assess whether the spacecraft could work in simulated extreme temperatures. Engineers had to modify the testing environment for JPSS-2, which will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s weather-forecasting mission, after they discovered thermal deformation due to an […]

Systems Planning and Analysis has been included in The Washington Post’s list of top workplaces in Washington, D.C. for 2022. The recognition marks the ninth consecutive year the defense contracting company was named to the annual list of the best places to work in the area, SPA said Friday. “SPA is a special place to […]