Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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Mitre Establishes Lab to Explore Autonomous Vehicles; Chris Hill, Zachary LaCelle Quoted
Chris Hill and Zachary LaCelle of Mitre told Federal News Network in an interview published Friday about the nonprofit corporation’s new laboratory that is focused on mobile autonomous platforms.
Mike Petters: HII Seeks to Meet Navy’s Demand for UUVs
Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries and a previous Wash100 award winner, said the company plans to tap into the U.S. Navy’s increasing demand for unmanned underwater vehicles, USNI News reported Thursday.
Raytheon’s Kim Ernzen on Naval Strike Missile
Kim Ernzen, vice president for air warfare systems product line at Raytheon, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Thursday that the company is developing a supply chain and a system to produce the Naval Strike Missile in the U.S. to create jobs in several states.
ULA to Launch Two Space Force Satellites With Unflown Atlas 5 Rocket Variant
United Launch Alliance will use an unflown variant of its Atlas 5 rocket to bring into orbit two surveillance satellites for the Space Force by the fourth quarter of 2020, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday.
Lockheed’s Work on Air Force ARRW Hypersonic Weapons Program to Proceed
The U.S. Air Force decided to drop the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon program and opted to advance work on the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon initiative amid budget pressures, Defense News reported Monday. Lockheed Martin is working on the two hypersonic development programs under two contracts awarded in 2018.
Kevin Kelly: CACI Puts Research Focus on Multimission Platforms
Kevin Kelly, president of the national security and innovative solutions sector at CACI International, said warfighters are inundated with one-off systems that demand network, storage and battery and the company seeks to address that with multimission platforms, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
in M&A Activity, NewsAndy Green on HII’s Move to Buy Kongsberg Maritime’s Hydroid Subsidiary
Andy Green, president of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ technical solutions division and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the move to acquire Kongsberg Maritime’s Hydroid subsidiary complements HII’s previous activities in the unmanned underwater vehicles market, the Daily Press reported Tuesday.
in Executive Moves, NewsDavid Nieuwsma Named Avionics Unit President at Collins Aerospace
David Nieuwsma, formerly head of interiors business unit at United Technologies Corp.’s Collins Aerospace subsidiary, has been appointed president of the subsidiary’s avionics business unit, The Gazette reported Monday.
SpaceX Intends to Spin Off, Take Public Space Internet Business; Gwynne Shotwell Quoted
SpaceX plans to spin off and launch an initial public offering for its space internet subsidiary Starlink, Bloomberg reported Friday. “Right now, we are a private company, but Starlink is the right kind of business that we can go ahead and take public,†Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX and a three-time Wash100 award winner, said Thursday at a JPMorgan Chase & Co.-hosted event in Miami.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy Inducted Into 2020 Wash100 for Army Strategy, Tech Modernization Efforts
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for leading the U.S. Army’s overall strategy and modernization efforts to implement emerging technologies for the service branch.