ExecutiveBiz News on Video 7/25/2022

John Karabias, vice president of strategic development at Jacobs, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his strategic goals to continue the company’s growth with the launch of its new Divergent Solutions segment coming in October.  Karabias also discussed the company’s winning culture as the challenges of talent recruitment and retention impacting the federal workforce and drives digital transformation […]

Matt Ofilos, formerly executive vice president of Parsons, has been elevated to the chief financial officer post at the information technology company, effective July 25. Parsons has also appointed George Ball — who Ofilos is succeeding as CFO — and defense industry veteran Ellen Lord to its board of directors, the Centreville, Virginia-headquartered company said Monday. Carey Smith, chair, […]

HawkEye 360 has opened a new technology and development center in Herndon, Virginia, to advance the production of radio frequency-sensing satellite technology and geospatial intelligence offerings for defense and government customers. The 19,000-square-foot facility is designed to accommodate up to 70 new employees specializing in data processing, software development, constellation operations, payload development and satellite […]

Officials across the private sector and the intelligence community are working to address stigma surrounding mental health concerns by busting myths and encouraging national security employees and other cleared professionals to undergo mental health treatment, Government Executive reported Friday. “If there is a myth out there that, ‘if I go to behavioral health [services] it […]

Dewberry has secured a contract extension from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue assisting a U.S. Geological Survey arm in modernizing critical Alaska map layers. The firm said Friday it will help the Alaska Mapping Executive Committee with the Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy. The contractor will support planning activities, analyze data and coordinate with stakeholders under […]

Collins Aerospace has kicked off a project to add 9,000 square feet of space and new metal 3D printing equipment to its additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Ohio. The Raytheon Technologies unit said Friday its $14 million investment to expand the 41,000-square-foot facility seeks to increase production capacity for aircraft engine parts. Renee […]

The Integrated Battle Command System that Northrop Grumman developed for the U.S. Army and related platforms demonstrated joint integrated fire control capability by fusing sensor data from multiple services during the Valiant Shield training exercise held by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in June. IBCS fielded to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington demonstrated Joint All-Domain Command and […]

CSIOS will collaborate with Leidos and BTAS to provide the U.S. Transportation Command with cyberspace operations forces and support services under an approximately $41 million contract. The prime contractor will help Transcom’s cybersecurity service provider team execute missions across the cyber domain by providing full-spectrum cyberspace operations, CSIOS said Friday. “We look forward to assisting […]

A U.S. Army cross-functional team has flight tested an Airbus-built unmanned air system to determine its alignment with the service branch’s goal of employing ultra-long endurance stratospheric UAS capabilities. The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space CFT was able to demonstrate the Zephyr drone‘s ability to carry commercial, off-the-shelf payload while flying at a high altitude […]

Scout Space has secured a Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate how commercial sensing technology can support space domain awareness efforts at the Department of the Air Force. Under the phase two SBIR grant, Scout will utilize its dual-use platform to present space object observation applications for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s intelligence systems […]