BAE Systems has received a $13 million contract to install its Digital Global Positioning System Anti-jam Receivers on Air Force F-15E fighter jets, boosting reception and protecting from signal jamming and spoofing using antenna electronics, signal processing and digital beamforming. F-15Es are the second type of plane to receive the upgrade. In 2018, what was then […]
The Litening advanced targeting pod designed and built by Northrop Grumman has undergone successful test runs aboard U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets. The targeting pod was put through mock exercises such as ground moving target tracking, air-to-air tracking and target designation. Pilots also utilized its eye-safe training laser mode, which allowed for realistic simulations […]
John Sankovich is the president of the cloud business at SMX, an information technology services firm headquartered in Hollywood, Maryland. Sankovich is responsible for a unit that provides solutions and consulting services through partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft. In February, he spoke with the Potomac Officers Club on his management style and core […]
Maria Roat has been appointed to Aquia’s board of advisers, where she joins information technology and cybersecurity veterans in providing expert opinion on leadership and strategic growth to company executives and shareholders. Roat, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and Wash100 winner, is a 40-year industry veteran across military, federal and commercial organizations such as the […]
Armaments Research Company has secured a contract extending work integrating its conditions-based maintenance platform with U.S. Marine Corps crew-served weapons as part of a five-year, $60 million Phase III Small Business Innovative Research deal with the Department of Defense and General Services Administration to contribute to the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. The technology involves […]
NASA has posted a preliminary draft request for proposals for its Consolidated Applications and Platform Services contract, which unifies information technology requirements across various existing contracts at an estimated $2 billion. NCAPS is an Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract with indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders. The RFP follows a February announcement that the agency would support plans by its […]
The Federal Communications Commission has awarded an application development support services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to NTT Data, with responsibilities entailing program and project management support and software development alongside the agency’s chief information officer. Specifically, the company will assist with cloud efforts and implementation of new IT services on modernized platforms, as well as the adoption of […]
Michael Bosco is the senior vice president of Army mission solutions at Sev1Tech, an information technology services and consulting firm headquartered in Woodbridge, Virginia. Bosco, a Potomac Officers Club member, manages the company’s solutions development, strategy and customer engagement offerings for U.S. Army and special operations command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements, according […]
Laine Klein is the senior vice president of global mission solutions at Amentum. In June, Klein was selected as one of four executives to lead a newly formed national security group within the company. She leads its intelligence segment, the result of Amentum’s $1.9 billion acquisition of PAE in February. From August 2013 through January 2020, Klein […]
The Army will establish the Program Manager Cyber and Space, a new division intended to fulfill the service’s responsibility to deliver capabilities and programs to the other services on behalf of U.S. Cyber Command. Under the ambit of Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic Warfare and Sensors, C&S will absorb the cyber offensive and space capabilities of Program […]
