Raytheon said its intelligence and space division has been providing data distribution channels for NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information Systems mission. Raytheon said it allows NASA to send data from the Sentinel-6 satellite to the Earthdata Cloud platform via the Cumulus application, which was designed to distribute and archive space data. NASA launched the […]
Amentum has partnered with UiPath, a robotic process automation software company, to apply automation capabilities on programs catering to government customers. UiPath’s capabilities will support programs related to mission support and sustainment, operations and maintenance, threat mitigation and assurance, supply chain and logistics and others, Amentum said Monday. Jill Bruning, president of Amentum’s intelligence, systems […]
ASRC Federal Field Services has landed a $457 million contract to provide operations and maintenance services for the 71st Flying Training Wing. ASRC Federal President and CEO Jennifer Felix, a Potomac Officers Club member and 2021 Wash100 winner, said the company will maintain vital base and training operations at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, […]
Boeing said it has completed the first test flight of the Loyal Wingman uncrewed aircraft in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force. A Boeing test pilot monitored the aircraft from a ground control station at the Woomera Range Complex. The Loyal Wingman is the first military aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Australia […]
Lockheed Martin has signed a joint collaborative agreement to extend its partnership with NEC, a Japanese electronics company that develops artificial intelligence tools. Lockheed Space Executive Vice President Rick Ambrose, a Potomac Officers Club member and 2021 Wash100 winner, said the partnership will shorten the delivery time of systems and streamline the work of employees. […]
Lisa Hand has been promoted to vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ integrated defense solutions business. As head of the business unit, she leads 2,600 employees who provide engineering, integration and sustainment services to enhance customers’ mission effectiveness. In a statement, BAE Systems Intelligence & Security sector President Al Whitmore lauded Hand’s proven […]
Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted Chris Walton, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, to the role of vice president of information technology within its technical solutions division. His appointment goes into effect March 1. Walton currently serves as chief information officer and senior director of IT. He is credited with advancing the IT organization’s […]
Cubic’s mission and performance solutions business unit has signed an agreement with Alea for the joint development of public safety and tactical broadband solutions. The partnership will take advantage of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk specifications for communications over LTE, Cubic said. “This exciting new partnership further enables us to provide standards-based critical […]
The Department of Defense is taking steps to limit the number of its concurrent projects on artificial intelligence, machine learning and intelligent automation, an executive said. Anthony Robbins, vice president of Nvidia’s North American public sector business, said many of the Pentagon’s AI-related pilot projects either do not work well together or overlap with each […]
Leidos CEO Roger Krone, a Potomac Officers Club member and eight-time Wash100 winner, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The NAE is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that operates national interest programs and recognizes the achievements of engineers. The organization is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. “As an […]
