The General Services Administration has exercised the option period of five years for a governmentwide acquisition contract that federal agencies use to acquire information technology support services from service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Forty-five vendors hold spots on the Veterans Technology Services 2 GWAC, which supports agency ...
Edward Rice, Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force general who was a commander of its Air Education and Training Command, has joined the board of directors of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). The company said Friday it looks to leverage Rice’s extensive military and national security background in developing products to address existing and future t...
In response to the growing need for modern defense technologies now and in the future, the United States Army established its Army Futures Command, an organization dedicated to facilitating persistent modernization within the service branch. Since its launch in 2018, the command has centered three focus areas: prioritizing people, designin...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received two task orders worth $202.5 million combined under a basic ordering agreement with the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of the Joint Strike Fighter Program. The Department of Defense said Thursday Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide non-recurring engineering under a potential $170 million ...
NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has acquired location data analytics and mapping services provider Axim Geospatial for an undisclosed sum. Wisconsin-headquartered Axim has 340 employees across the globe and works with clients in the fields of enterprise GIS, survey and mapping and data analysis, NV5 said Thursday. The acquired company maintains over 200 g...
The CIA has been quickly adapting its practices to the global influx of artificial intelligence implementation over the last few years. In January 2022, the director of AI position was established to concentrate autonomy modernization efforts and galvanize the agency’s capabilities in light of pressing AI-related foreign threats. The first mandate...
The FBI has informed vendors it can now take over responsibility for the execution of the award phase for its follow-on Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement, as a result of increased bureau procurement staffing and experience. According to a notice published Tuesday, the FBI’s move comes 14 months aft...
Ilene Yarnoff, an information technology and cybersecurity executive with over two decades of industry experience, has been named vice president of business development and capture at Empower AI. “I am very excited to join the Empower AI Team in elevating federal agency missions by bringing the power of artificial intelligence,” Yarnoff wrote in...
Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly gaining traction and popularity, prompting government officials and commercial executives alike to sharpen their focus on harnessing the power of AI in a responsible, sustainable and safe way. According to Ted Kaouk, chief data officer for the Office of Personnel Management, the “disruptive nature...
Telos (Nasdaq: TLS) has named Josh Salmanson as senior vice president of technology solutions and appointed Lee Canterbury as vice president of corporate growth. The latest executive appointments were part of the company’s push to secure new business opportunities, build up technology offerings and increase win rates in the federal and commerc...
