TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 29, 2019 ” A ViON-supported study by the Government Business Council found that lack of organizational resources, direction from management and supporting technology mainly hinders the federal government’s adoption of artificial intelligence, with only 22 percent in the process of implementing AI, ExecutiveBiz repor...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has received a potential $375M contract to build and demonstrate a power and propulsion component for NASA’s proposed lunar space station intended to support the agency™s planned 2024 moon landing. Maxar said Thursday it will lead a team that includes Draper and Blue Origin to develop and operate the solar ...
AECOM announced on Tuesday that the company secured a five-year, $122.7 million contract under the U.S. General Services Administration, One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS). The contract was awarded to AECOM by the Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM). This Cost Plus Award Fee contract is the first AECOM wi...
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...
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-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2019 ” Christopher Donaghey, senior vice president for corporate development at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), joined the board of advisers at Applied Energetics, a manufacturer of directed-energy weapons, ExecutiveBiz reported May 3. Donaghey, a former corporate strategy executive at KeyW (Nas...
Accenture announced on Tuesday that the company has expanded the Accenture Federal Digital Studio in Washington D.C. to double the studio™s size to over 20,000 square feet and adding new members to its diverse team of designers, developers, data scientists and other digital experts. œOur newly expanded Studio will help government leaders g...
NASA has awarded $106M in total contract funds to 129 small businesses to further develop technology platforms that may help sustain human presence on the moon and Mars. The companies submitted 142 innovation proposals to develop, demonstrate and deliver space-based systems for planetary missions under the second phase of NASA’s Small Business...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the 2019 Cybersecurity Summit on Wednesday to join GovCon leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss new cyber programs, initiatives technologies and ways that both sectors can better collaborate to achieve common goals. Following an enlightening keynote address from David Luber, executive director of the...
James LaCroix, a more than 35-year veteran of the U.S. Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as corporate director in charge of advanced technologies. He will report to John Donnelly, vice president of the advanced technologies office at HII, and oversee its work with NUWC Newport Division a...
