David Appel, formerly vice president of national security at Amazon Web Services, has been appointed VP of U.S. federal at the Seattle, Washington-headquartered cloud computing company, G2xchange Defense reported Sunday. Appel helps drive the development of artificial intelligence and modern software tools to support decision-making in the military ...
Retired U.S. Army Major General and Accenture Federal Services Managing Director George Franz has been appointed chair of the Cyber Group within Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Leadership Series. The 4×24 program is a connective force in the government contracting industry, weaving an executive-level fabric between senior members ...
Every year, the Potomac Officers Club hosts the government contracting industry’s premier events featuring the most prominent and influential speakers from the public and private sectors. Now, POC is gearing up for its biggest, most exciting year yet. In 2024, POC will be hosting an exciting lineup of in-person events, including must-attend month...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting comments on a draft statement of work and related attachments for a contract to modernize the service branch’s military payroll system used to support pay generation and disbursement procedures. The service intends to award a single contract to one company to meet the Army Military Payroll requirement under...
A General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a $967 million contract modification to continue design, development and lead yard support services associated with the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class fast-attack submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will conduct contract work in Connecticut, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virgini...
It’s that time of the year: the Potomac Officers Club is ready to reveal initial details about its annual, definitive gathering on all things autonomous technology, the Artificial Intelligence Summit. 2024’s edition has been set for Feb. 28 and registration is now open. The 2024 AI Summit is the fifth consecutive iteration of an e...
BAE Systems has partnered with Systecon‘s U.S. arm to deploy the latter’s software suite to boost life cycle support and maintenance planning for the former’s defense portfolio. BAE Platform and Services, Combat Mission Systems will use Systecon North America’s Opus Suite life cycle management software to make data-driven de...
Contracts procurement executives hold one of the most crucial steps in the government contracting landscape. This process of contract procurement ensures the federal government meets the specific requirements for the capabilities, products, and solutions. These are requisites for major industries, such as defense, healthcare, intelligence, space, an...
The Professional Services Council and the National Defense Industrial Association have called on congressional leaders through a joint letter to prevent a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution and to speed up passage of the defense appropriations bill and the other 11 appropriations measures for fiscal year 2024. In the letter dated...
Since his days as an engineer-in-training at the University of Puerto Rico, Hector Collazo has immersed himself in all things technology. He has gone on to build an over two-decade career implementing, engineering and managing various tools and innovative strategies to strengthen businesses and customer experiences. A consummate project manager, Col...
