In August, the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate recently published a strategy to maximize technological opportunities from artificial intelligence and machine learning. “Through this strategy, S&T will build and apply expertise to help the department fulfill the game-changing promise of AI/ML techn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2021 — Bill O’Neill, vice president of public sector at ThycoticCentrify, has discussed several measures federal agencies should take to ensure that U.S. critical infrastructure is protected against cybersecurity threats as required by a national security memorandum, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 22. “Reported secu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — NTT Data will develop a case management platform to help the Department of Justice update the federal submission process in support of its National Instant Criminal Background Check System, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 16. The system will be designed to be capable of synchronizing disparate data from federal system...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Two of Zscaler‘s (Nasdaq: ZS) cloud software products were granted “Ready” status under the new State Risk and Authorization Management Program in addition to the software as a service provider being named an authorized StateRAMP vendor, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 15. StateRAMP seeks to standa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2021 — Chris Valentino, chief strategy officer at Peraton, has underscored the importance of the Department of Defense’s collaboration with the industry to support its Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 14. “[The industry can contribute by] helping to identify relev...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2021 — Kord Technologies, a KBR (NSYE: KBR) subsidiary, has completed a combat shoot-off at Fort Sill in Oklahoma as part of the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense program, marking progress in its development of a directed energy system for U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 9. The demonstration showc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2021 — A Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) executive vice president has highlighted the need for the Department of Defense to have a unified, open network capable of providing the military with capabilities to enable data access, sharing and analysis and facilitate the battlefield decision-making process, ExecutiveBiz re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 24, 2021 — ECS and artificial intelligence security company CalypsoAI have formed a partnership with the goal to help government customers incorporate the emerging technology into agency missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 8. Aaron Burciaga, vice president of data and artificial intelligence at ECS, said the company deve...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2021 — Five BlueHalo-built Group 1 unmanned aerial systems have undergone a demonstration as part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s small UAS production program and have met the preflight, mission planning and launch requirements of the agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 7. According to BlueHalo CEO Jonathan Mone...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2021 — Concurrent Technologies Corp. was tapped by the Air Force Research Laboratory for a prototyping effort focused on the design and development of an electric flightline generator for fifth-generation fighter jets and previous variants, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 3. The U.S. Air Force seeks to replace generators t...
