GovCon Wire Events hosted its AI: Innovation in Homeland Security Forum on Thursday which gathered private industry and government officials to discuss how cutting-edge AI technology is shaping the nation’s homeland security priorities, goals and general strategy as well as the role industry can play in the future of countering foreign adversari...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has secured a potential four-year, $90 million contract to provide data integration tools to the Department of Veterans Affairs, FedScoop reported Thursday. Those tools from the Denver-based big data analytics company could enable VA to integrate into the Common Operating Platform data from health and benefits syst...
Michael Daniels, chairman of CACI International (NYSE: CACI), and Lisa Disbrow, board chair at LMI, has been appointed to lead two separate committees on BlackBerry‘s (NYSE: BB) board of directors. BlackBerry said Thursday that Daniels will succeed V. Prem Watsa as chair of the compensation, nomination and governance committee. Daniels also se...
Brian Drake, a Defense Intelligence Agency veteran, has joined Accrete‘s government-focused arm as federal chief technology officer, responsible for assessing the competitive landscape and helping expand and gain new opportunities with government customers. The company said Tuesday the new Accrete AI Government federal CTO will also provide as...
The U.S. Army has selected Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) to further develop and deliver an intelligence data fabric and analytics platform in support of the Capability Drop 2 program. The company said Tuesday it will field the Palantir Gotham Platform to serve as a data fabric and analytics tool for the service’s intelligence users worldwide....
Arlington Capital Partners has launched a defense electronics company after the Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm completed its purchase of two divisions that were formerly part of L3Harris Technologies‘ (NYSE: LHX) aviation systems segment. Arlington acquired the Electron Devices and Narda Microwave-West businesses to create Stellar ...
Mitch Stevison, formerly a vice president at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business, has been appointed executive VP and chief growth officer of Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY). He brings more than 16 years of aerospace and defense industry experience to his new position and will be responsible for driving Mercury̵...
Voyager Space has acquired Valley Tech Systems in a strategy to add propulsion and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology offerings to the space exploration company’s portfolio. Denver-based Voyager said Monday it aims to apply products from the acquired company to support space missions at the Department of Defense an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2021 — A joint venture between Dovel Technologies and IT Objects will offer information technology services to government customers as part of its recently won spot on a potential $50 billion 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide acquisition contract awarded by the General Servi...
Jason Weiss, a senior information technology modernization professional, has been appointed chief software officer at the Department of Defense, FedScoop reported Friday. He will lead efforts to modernize legacy applications and implement modern software development practices across DOD. Weiss joined the Pentagon in January as director of software m...
