Recent momentum in artificial intelligence could be seen as a largely American enterprise, led by domestic companies such as OpenAI and federal government initiatives from the likes of the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office — not to mention multiple presidential executive orders on the matter. However, U.S. ...
The State Department has approved the government of Bahrain’s request to procure M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $2.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Bahrain has asked to procure 50 M1A2 System Enhancement Program version 3 vehicles, four M88A2 Hercules combat recovery ve...
Christopher Copeland, a technology industry executive, has been appointed chief digital officer at Herndon, Virginia-based defense tech services contractor ManTech. In this capacity, he will oversee ManTech’s strategic approach to delivering digital transformation initiatives in support of U.S. defense, intelligence and federal civilian agency cus...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has secured a $455 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters to the government of Nigeria. The firm-fixed-price contract covers associated engineering, program management and logistics support services and non-recurring engineering to solve obsolescence issues, ...
Matt Barry, chief operating officer at HP Federal, noted that threat actors can use endpoints as vectors that could enable them to infiltrate an organization’s network and highlighted the importance of security by design to ensure the security of such endpoints and safeguard government and contractor systems. “When we design more secure solu...
Now a contested domain, space has taken center stage in today’s global landscape, and the United States has made space capability development a top priority as it works to stay ahead in great power competition. “While the U.S. currently outpaces the rest of the world in space capabilities, our competitors are seeking to counter our...
John-Matthew Urby, an industry executive, has taken on the role of vice president of business development at Arcfield, a Chantilly, Virginia-based provider of systems engineering, integration and information technology support services for U.S. defense, intelligence, space and federal civilian agency customers. He announced his promotion in a Linked...
McLean, Virginia-based Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has agreed to purchase Satelles for approximately $115 million as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of assured positioning navigation and timing services. Satelles is a Reston, Virginia-based provider of satellite-based time and location services that work to complement and safeguard...
Matt Bringman, formerly chief growth officer at Integrated Management Strategies, has taken on the same role at DecisionPoint, according to his LinkedIn post. He brings to the role over two decades of industry expertise in business development, program management and growth strategies. Prior to joining IMS, Bringman spearheaded growth initiatives at...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of global research and development organization Battelle, has been named a Wash100 awardee for 2024. The Wash100 award is an accolade conferred annually to the 100 most influential and impactful leaders within the GovCon industry. Vote for Lou Von Thaer as one...
