As the Department of Defense and U.S. military branches forge ahead with their adoption of advanced technology like artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity must be the foundation for these efforts, not just an afterthought, according to chief intelligence officers from government and industry. During a panel discussion at the Pot...
Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army, was officially presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), during the Potomac Officers Club’s 3rd Annual CIO Summit where Iyer was featured as an expert panelist. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the second consecutive Wash...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) reported government solutions unit revenue for the first quarter of its 2022 fiscal year grew 25 percent to $1.46 billion and the company attributed the increase to sales growth across defense, space and other businesses under the government segment. The Houston-based engineering contractor said its total Q1 revenue of $1.71 billion ...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that John Sherman, chief information officer for the Department of Defense (DOD), officially received his 2022 Wash100 Award during the 3rd Annual CIO Summit from Potomac Officers Club where Sherman was featured as the leading keynote speaker. John Sherman was presented with the most prestigious and acclai...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to move past its tendency to “take orders” and instead shift towards a vision-driven approach as the department makes progress on its overarching modernization goals. “Inside the VA, as a government bureaucracy, our IT shop has an embedded DNA of taking orders, trying to meet those needs for...
Amy Gowder, chief operating officer of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) over the past two years, will formally join General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation subsidiary on May 9 to serve as president and CEO of military systems operation. She will report to John Slattery, president and CEO of GE Aviation, and oversee a portfolio of engine...
Leonardo DRS and Teledyne FLIR have won separate contracts worth $1.08 billion combined to manufacture thermal imaging systems designed for soldiers’ target acquisition and engagement operations. Army Contracting Command received four bids for the military branch’s Family of Weapon Sight-Individual program and expects the two vendors to ...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is shifting its workflow approach and prioritizing speed to close its pacing gap with other global powers in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment, according to NGA Chief Information Officer Mark Andress. “We’re moving away from a Continental U.S.-first, human-initiated, point-to-poin...
Edward Parkinson, former CEO of the First Responder Network Authority, has been appointed president of the public sector business at RapidSOS. He will be responsible for driving RapidSOS’ emergency response data integration approach that involves collaboration with partners across the public safety communication and software sectors, the compa...
Ocean Bay Information and Systems Management has won a potential five-year, $155.6 million contract to provide administrative, professional and technical support services for the Drug Enforcement Administration. DEA’s office of acquisition and relocation management awarded the contract through a competitive solicitation set aside for 8(a)-certifie...
