The Intelligence Community has identified five guiding priorities as it works to build a more secure, interoperable and efficient information technology enterprise and further its mission, according to Adele Merritt, the chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In her keynote address Wednesday ...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has unveiled a technology strategy to advance investments in the areas of zero trust, multicloud management, 5G, mission artificial intelligence and machine learning, software factory and automation for IT operations. GDIT said Wednesday it is leveraging those six digital accelerator are...
Amentum has formed a four-member committee that will advise the company on developing emerging technologies and agile engineering tools in support of Army training, testing and information operations programs. The U.S. Army Senior Advisory Committee comprises retired service leaders who bring expertise in military operations, policies and decision-m...
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered $160 million worth of Falcon IV multichannel handheld and manpack radios from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). L3Harris said Wednesday the orders are part of the potential 10-year, $750 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the company won in early 2022. The Falcon IV radio system features L3Harris&...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has been divisive throughout its creation over the last decade-plus, but especially since its implementation in 2017 as a requirement for defense industrial base organizations. As part of the initiative, contracting companies working with the Department of Defense must have their cyber protection system...
The U.S. Navy is looking at using artificial intelligence paired with unmanned vessels to solve its most urgent fleet readiness challenges in some of the most consequential theaters to the intensifying peer competition. In recent months, the service has made notable strides forward in exploring how AI and unmanned or minimally manned vessels can be...
The Department of Health and Human Services has outlined several focus areas of a $5 billion government initiative to fund public-private collaborations working to speed up the development of next-generation vaccines and other therapeutics. Project NextGen aims to streamline the process from drug development to government approval to prepare and pro...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) saw higher revenue from domestic and international government operations in the first quarter of 2023 on the back of significant contract wins during the three-month period. The data analytics technology provider saw its overall January-March government sales jump 20 percent year over year to $289 million, ac...
Beth Skoletsky, a human resources professional with 25 years of government contracting industry experience, has joined Ultra Intelligence & Communications as chief HR officer. She will lead the development and implementation of Ultra I&C’s HR strategy and operations, and align the organizational culture agenda to corporate objectives,...
Alicia Calef, a two-decade veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has joined Parsons (NYSE: PSN) to serve as senior vice president of operations for engineered systems. In a LinkedIn post, Calef said she will work with the business president and sector leaders to advance growth initiatives. She will lead strategic and tactical operations to m...
