Bridget Medeiros, senior vice president and chief growth officer at NCI Information Systems, gave ArchIntel an overview of how the company transformed its approach to pursuing business opportunities in the government services sector. In an interview, Medeiros discussed how NCI is applying competitive intelligence in order to gain insight into the market landscape and to determine teaming partners for making bids on government projects. This is the 31st in a series of interviews with Competitive Intelligence and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 20, 2020 — General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology unit will provide military records digitization services to the Department of Veterans Affairs under a potential five-year, $306M task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 2.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 19, 2020 — LMI secured a $50M contract from the Department of Defense for operations support services to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 1.

August Jackson, senior director of market and competitive intelligence at Deltek, gave ArchIntel an in-depth perspective about psychological biases and ethical considerations in gathering data, how automation tools are helping to facilitate that process as well as his outlook for artificial intelligence technology. Jackson will deliver a keynote speech and moderate a panel discussion at ArchIntel’s AI in Competitive Intelligence virtual forum on Oct. 22.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 14, 2020 — Drew Schnabel, vice president of Zscaler's federal business, outlined the potential advantages of combining the secure access service edge model with a zero-trust architecture for the Department of Defense's transition to a data-driven security approach, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 30.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 13, 2020 — Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) entered into a multiyear, $500M agreement to buy electronic warfare systems along with aerospace support from a Cobham subsidiary, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 29.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 13, 2020 — ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will compete for orders under a multiple-award, $49M blanket purchase agreement to help the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine collect and disseminate public health data, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 29.

Vishal Gupta, global chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology at Unisys (NYSE: UIS), told ArchIntel in a recent interview that critical thinking and analytical skills are particularly important for competitive intelligence professionals. Gupta also discussed three common and recurring challenges he has seen in competitor analysis efforts, as well as the lessons he learned from his work within the competitive business environment. This is the 29th in a series of interviews with Competitive Intelligence and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 9, 2020 — Amentum CEO John Vollmer said acquiring DynCorp International would expand the Germantown, Maryland-based company's reach into key federal market areas and core mission support offerings.

Greg Wilska, market and competitive intelligence manager at the American Institutes for Research, offers a perspective on how analysts can manage the data distillation process and what elements in a CI report will reflect its effectiveness. This is the 28th in a series of interviews with CI and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.