ExecutiveBiz News on Video 7/29/2022

Dan Deans, executive vice president and chief growth officer at Axient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz to discuss the company’s recent growth initiatives to drive value for its customers as well as the impact that the company’s culture will have on its strategic goals and the work they are doing in the greater community during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. […]

General Dynamics’ information technology business unit has been selected to compete for task orders to provide military medical research and development support services under the Defense Health Agency’s potential 10-year, $10 billion contract. The OMNIBUS IV indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers key R&D program areas including medical simulation technologies, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, infectious diseases, military health […]

Palantir Technologies has received a two-year, $99.9 million contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to extend the application of its data artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to users across the globe, particularly the Department of Defense’s combatant commands. The software company said Thursday the contract builds on its earlier partnership with the research lab […]

RTX Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of Raytheon Technologies, has agreed to invest in VerdeGo Aero and lead a Series A funding round for the propulsion technology startup. Florida-based VerdeGo Aero aims to raise $12 million in the venture round to build up its powertrain systems portfolio, which includes a 185 kilowatt generator designed […]

The U.S. Air Force’s F-15 combat aircraft, developed by a Boeing legacy company, recently hit its fifth decade in service. Boeing said Thursday the tactical fighter platform took off for its maiden voyage July 27, 1972, and that more than 1,500 units are part of military fleets across the globe. Prat Kumar, vice president of […]

Tom Kennedy, formerly vice president of public sector at Rubrik, has joined Axonius to serve as VP at the software company’s government-focused subsidiary. As VP of Axonius Federal Systems, Kennedy will be tasked to continue scaling the business following a 152 percent year-over-year growth in 2021 and to expand its federal marketplace footprint, the company […]

Amentum will support spectrum management work at the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth potentially $55 million over five and a half years. The company will help the two service branches plan, retain, secure and manage the utilization of electromagnetic spectrum resources, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Work under the […]

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a contract extension from Defense Information Systems Agency to continue developing a zero trust security and network architecture prototype for another six months. DISA said Thursday the Thunderdome Prototype pilot extension will support the planning process for the Secure Internet Protocol Router Network development program, which is aimed at boosting […]

Ball Aerospace will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study instrument designs for measuring atmospheric composition and ocean color as part of its Geostationary Extended Observations program. The company said Thursday it was selected for two 20-month studies to inform the development of next generation geostationary weather satellite constellation the agency is undertaking to […]

A General Dynamics business has delivered the first of John Lewis-class replenishment oilers to the U.S. Navy after the vessel underwent a series of crew demonstrations that were reviewed by the branch’s inspection and survey board. The service said Thursday that Military Sealift Command will serve as the operator of USNS John Lewis to deliver […]