Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will develop 5G-enabled prototypes of virtual training and spectrum sharing systems for two military installations as part of a potential $600 million experimentation and testing program the Department of Defense announced in October 2020. The company said Thursday it plans to use its Digital Soldier augmented reality...
David King, group president for Dynetics at Leidos was presented his first Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, on Tuesday. “David King, former CEO of Dynetics and current group president with Leidos has earned his first...
Marianne Bailey, former executive at the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense, has joined Cohesity as an adviser to help the San Jose, California-based company’s federal clients manage and secure their data. “Marianne’s vast experience in the intelligence and defense communities make her a perfect fit for Cohesity as we furth...
Kristen Sanders and Jennifer Ward of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) said adopting an integrated platform as part of digital transformation efforts could help government agencies improve citizen experience and empower employees to carry out their jobs. “Delivering public-sector services through modern and connected digital channels allows agencies to addre...
Tim Hays, most recently president of consulting firm Health Sciences Group, has been named vice president of health information technology at Woodbridge, Virginia-based IT services contractor Sev1Tech. Sev1Tech said Wednesday that Hays will report directly to CEO Robert Lohfeld and oversee business development, proposal and strategic efforts for the...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Tim Hurlebaus, president of CGI Federal, as an inductee of the 2021 Wash100 Award for driving growth initiatives at CGI Group’s federal services subsidiary. This marks the fourth time that Hurlebaus has been recognized with a Wash100 Award for his vision and leadership in the government contracting (GovCon) ...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted the fourth quarter 2020 financial performance of large prime defense contractors Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese &am...
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) will collaborate with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect the confidentiality of encrypted information during data processing by developing an accelerator for fully homomorphic encryption. Intel said Monday it will build an application-specific integrated circuit ...
AirBoss of America‘s defense subsidiary has agreed to buy Rochester, New York-based wearable blast overpressure sensor provider BlackBox Biometrics for approximately $27 million in a move to expand survivability technology offerings for warfighters and first responders. Landover, Maryland-based AirBoss Defense Group said Monday its Critical So...
Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights has released a report stating that trends such as digitization and adaptive workplaces became prevalent over the past year. The Government Trends 2021 report, published Thursday, found that governments have accelerated the use of cloud, artificial intelligence and digital identity concepts while also ...
