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  • Project Convergence Exercise Tests Raytheon’s Upgraded ASTARTE Software
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    Project Convergence Exercise Tests Raytheon’s Upgraded ASTARTE Software

    U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force elements have conducted a new test on the software that RTX business Raytheon developed for the Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution, or ASTARTE, program. The software demonstration in a live, virtual, constructive environment was held during the recent multinational exercise Project Convergence Capstone 5 in Fort […] More

  • Iridium Unveils Enhanced Version of 9603 Satcom Transceiver
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    Iridium Unveils Enhanced Version of 9603 Satcom Transceiver

    Iridium Communications has unveiled a variant of its Iridium 9603 two-way satellite communication system. Specifically designed for U.S. government use, as well as its allies, the new version of the compact module provides enhanced short burst data, or ESBD, for optimum transmission security, the McLean, Virginia-based company said Tuesday. It added that the ESBD variant […] More

  • SMX, DZYNE Technologies Collaborate to Enhance ISR Operations
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    SMX, DZYNE Technologies Collaborate to Enhance ISR Operations

    SMX is integrating the autonomous systems of DZYNE Technologies into its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform, SMX Elevate ISR, under a partnership between the two companies. The collaboration will enable the platform’s users “to act with unprecedented speed, precision and foresight,” Dana Dewey, president of global defense at SMX, said in a press release issued […] More

  • Booz Allen to Use Modelpoint Tool for NGA GEOINT Contracts Worth $490M in Total
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    Booz Allen to Use Modelpoint Tool for NGA GEOINT Contracts Worth $490M in Total

    Booz Allen Hamilton will use its Modelpoint data science and analytics environment for work under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Luno A and B contracts, for which the company had secured spots. The two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts come with a maximum total value of $490 million and a five-year ordering timeframe for each, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Clipper Defense Recruits Greg Goldwater as Chief Strategy Officer
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    Clipper Defense Recruits Greg Goldwater as Chief Strategy Officer

    Clipper Defense, a company that works to connect military stakeholders with startup providers of emerging technologies, has appointed Greg Goldwater as its chief strategy officer. Goldwater shared his appointment on LinkedIn, as did Clipper Defense, which said Goldwater’s leadership is an exact fit for its mission. Career Track Record Mix Before joining Clipper Defense, Goldwater […] More

  • Accenture Federal Services Recruits Garrett Berntsen as AI, Defense & Intel Lead
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    Accenture Federal Services Recruits Garrett Berntsen as AI, Defense & Intel Lead

    Accenture Federal Services has appointed Garrett Berntsen as managing director to lead its business in artificial intelligence and defense and intel data, tapping his technology experience in the government and military sectors. The company said in a LinkedIn post that “transformative results” for its defense and intelligence partners are expected with Berntsen’s recruitment. Army and […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Delivers Orion Spacecraft for Artemis II Mission
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    Lockheed Martin Delivers Orion Spacecraft for Artemis II Mission

    Lockheed Martin has turned over to NASA the Orion spacecraft that the company assembled and tested for the agency’s 2026 Artemis II manned moon mission. Kirk Shireman, Lockheed vice president of human space exploration and Orion program manager, said in a statement issued Thursday that the spacecraft’s completion is “a major step forward” in U.S. […] More

  • BAE Systems Books $73M Navy Contract for Combat Integration and Identifications Systems Support
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    BAE Systems Books $73M Navy Contract for Combat Integration and Identifications Systems Support

    BAE Systems has booked a U.S. Navy contract valued at $73.4 million to support requirements for combat integration and identification systems and equipment for various military customers. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract award covers services for the Navy, the Marine Corps, foreign military sales customers and non-Department of Defense customers, according to a DOD announcement issued Thursday. […] More

  • SMX Financial Management Offering Now Available on Treasury Marketplace
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    SMX Financial Management Offering Now Available on Treasury Marketplace

    The Department of the Treasury has approved the Elevate Financial Management tool of digital services provider SMX as a new option in the department’s Financial Management Quality Service Management Office Marketplace. Elevate FM will be available through its subsidiary, Creoal Consulting, with orders to be made via the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule, SMX […] More

  • Former Management Concepts Exec Katie Sutton Joins Empower AI as Federal Civilian VP
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    Former Management Concepts Exec Katie Sutton Joins Empower AI as Federal Civilian VP

    Virginia-based Empower AI has appointed seasoned IT executive Katie Sutton as its vice president of federal civilian, who brings in more than 20 years of experience on delivering technology requirements to government clients. The new role calls for providing and expanding the company’s services supporting civilian agencies’ mission objectives, Sutton said in her LinkedIn profile […] More