ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/23/2021

The U.S. Air Force has awarded KBR a potential $49.7 million contract to continue the research and development of an alternate position, navigation and timing system intended for environments that deny global positioning systems. The award will also cover the production of the PNT system’s first prototype for commercialization under the third phase of the […]

EFW, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems‘ U.S. business arm, has received a $75.98 million sole-source contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for spares of the Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System. Under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, EFW is expected to complete delivery of the spare systems to the U.S. Army by Sept. 21, 2026, the […]

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is building explainable machine learning and artificial intelligence systems that could support the missions of users in national security, space, cybersecurity, weather prediction and other high-stakes environments. The company said Tuesday its AI platforms could help weather forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict the path of […]

ECS has secured three National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration task orders to provide a wide range of services in support of the agency’s National Marine Fisheries Service. The task orders call for technical and consulting support, economics and human dimensions program research support and video production, photography and digital media support, the Fairfax, Virginia-based technology […]

Janie Robinson, a two-decade public and private sector veteran, has been named head of government business at geospatial analytics company Descartes Labs. She will oversee the development of geospatial intelligence products and services designed to support agency missions, Descartes Labs said Wednesday. Robinson spent seven years at the Department of Defense, which she initially joined […]

Carillon Technologies has secured a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a system for free space optical communication between satellites. The DARPA-backed effort will focus on the development of a satellite-to-satellite communication prototype that incorporates Holographic Optical Beam Steering technology, which Lumotive is developing for automotive light detection and ranging applications, […]

Essye Miller, former principal deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense, has joined the board of advisers of Millennium, a strategic management, cybersecurity and systems engineering firm. She will offer strategic guidance to the firm’s executive team and bring in 35 years of experience in information technology and business transformation from her service […]

Boeing will build its first aircraft assembly facility outside of North America in Toowoomba, Queensland, where the company intends to hold the development and manufacturing of a military combat aircraft. The facility will be built in the Wellcamp Aerospace and Defence Precinct at Wellcamp Airport and will serve as the venue for production and assembly […]

Geospark Analytics has received a four-year contract to continue providing the Federal Emergency Management Agency with geospatial models that help gather insight into counties struck by disaster. FEMA will use the custom models to determine how community lifelines affect counties before and after a disaster, the Herndon, Virginia-based applied artificial intelligence company said Wednesday. The […]

Northrop Grumman tested the interoperability of the Next Generation Electronic Warfare system and an active electronically scanned array radar aboard a demonstrator aircraft during the Northern Lightning Air Force exercise held in August at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. NGEW is an ultrawideband system designed for use aboard the […]