Josh Sullivan, senior vice president of analytics at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has said there are three steps government agencies should consider when it comes to the adoption of artificial intelligence and one is to assess their goals relative to AI. œAll AI projects need to connect to the ultimate business goal or mission...
John Wilcox, formerly chief information officer of the U.S. Special Operations Command, has joined By Light Professional IT Services as vice president of strategic initiatives. He will lead By Light’s efforts to develop technology platforms and services for military customers in his new position, the company said Monday. The nine-year Senior E...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen six multidisciplinary teams to create wearable neural interfaces as part of a project to link the human brain to military equipment. Battelle, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Teldyne, Carnegie Mellon University, Palo Alto Research Center and Rice University will separately...
Tina Kuhn, president and chief executive officer of CyberCore Technologies, spoke about the significant vulnerabilities of IT equipment during the recent AFCEA TechNet Cyber conference. As a participant on the Senior Cyber Warriors Address Setting Cybersecurity Priorities panel, Kuhn warned that we’re amidst a cyber war and nation-...
Jim Garrettson, chief executive officer of Executive Mosaic, presented Anthony Robbins, vice president of NVIDIA™s public sector and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, with the Chairman™s Award for his first year chairing the Artificial Intelligence 4×24 Group for Executive Mosaic™s 4×24 program. Robbins is also a two-time Wash10...
Paul O™Neill, who served as the 72nd secretary of the Treasury Department, has been chosen to receive the 2019 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Mike Ford, chairman of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and Carla Hills, foundation trustee, will present the award to O™Neill at the foundation™s annual dinne...
Cloud-based talent management software provider Acendre has acquired ICS Learning Group for an undisclosed sum. œAcendre is dedicated to partnering with customers who have complex hiring and development processes that must be automated to compete for talent, Acendre CEO Mike Giuffrida said in a statement published Monday. Giuffrida noted t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2019 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has utilized open architecture and the Unmanned Aircraft System Control Segment standard to develop a technology that the U.S. Navy can use to operate several unmanned platforms even with the limited space for ground control stations on naval ships, ExecutiveBiz reported May 8. The company...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has agreed to acquire Cray (Nasdaq: CRAY) for approximately $1.3B in cash, or $35 per share, in a move to expand high-performance computing technology offerings. HPE said Friday it expects the deal to conclude by the first quarter of its fiscal year 2020 and to shoulder one-time integration costs that...
In the last two weeks, DynCorp International (DI) has been awarded both Aviation Field Maintenance Contracts for the U.S. Army, one in the East Region and one in the West Region. The combined value of the contracts is approximately $3.5 billion. The two contracts replace a number of Army Aviation maintenance vehicles. “With these...
